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3 Jul RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin [Harry and Laurie Slaunwhite and Bennett ]
3 Jul RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin [Bill Krueger ]
03 Jul Re: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin ["Harry & Laurie" ]
2 Jul Re: NNYBirds: Fort Drum birding update [Jeff Bolsinger ]
02 Jul NNYBirds: Fort Drum birding update ["jsbolsinger" ]
2 Jul NNYBirds: Gary Lee talk [Phil Brown ]
01 Jul NNYBirds: Boreal Birds and Bogs Walk ["yelldog1" ]
1 Jul Re: NNYBirds: Re: Tug Hill ["janet akin" ]
1 Jul RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin [Brian McAllister ]
01 Jul NNYBirds: Nominations sought for NYSOA awards [Andrew Mason ]
1 Jul RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin ["Dennis Donohue" ]
1 Jul RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin [Bill Krueger ]
1 Jul NNYBirds: File - HelpFile - PLEASE READ & SAVE!! []
1 Jul RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin []
30 Jun NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin [Bill Krueger ]
30 Jun NNYBirds: Re: Tug Hill ["lajewskic" ]
29 Jun NNYBirds: Adirondack Birding Basics ["yelldog1" ]
29 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Tug Hill ["Larry" ]
29 Jun NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ]
29 Jun NNYBirds: Tug Hill ["janet akin" ]
27 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Sedge Wren and other birds at Upper and Lower Lakes ["Joan E. Collins" ]
27 Jun NNYBirds: Sedge Wren and other birds at Upper and Lower Lakes ["jsbolsinger" ]
27 Jun NNYBirds: FW: First Migrant Shorebirds & Arctic Breeding Conditions []
26 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrids, Revisited [Dana Rohleder ]
26 Jun NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrids, Revisited [Matthew Medler ]
26 Jun NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrids [Matthew Medler ]
26 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Brewster's Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and Golden-winged Warblers [Dana Rohleder ]
25 Jun NNYBirds: Brewster's Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and Golden-winged Warblers [Matthew Medler ]
24 Jun NNYBirds: Siskins [Dana Rohleder ]
22 Jun NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ]
22 Jun NNYBirds: Perch River WMA Birding ["Greg Coniglio" ]
21 Jun NNYBirds: Apology [Ginny Alfano ]
21 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Tug Hill WMA 6-21 [Ginny Alfano ]
22 Jun NNYBirds: Grassland birds/Chateaugay area. ["adkbunkhouse" ]
21 Jun Tug Hill WMA 6-21 [Zachary Wakeman ]
21 Jun NNYBirds: Tug Hill WMA 6-21 [Zachary Wakeman ]
21 Jun NNYBirds: Boreal Birds and more [Zachary Wakeman ]
21 Jun NNYBirds: Adirondack Birding Festival sightings ["Joan E. Collins" ]
21 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Field Sparrow ["Joan E. Collins" ]
21 Jun Re: NNYBirds: OT- Boreal Birds can't breed [Laura Smith ]
21 Jun NNYBirds: Field Sparrow ["mjpm06901" ]
21 Jun NNYBirds: OT- Boreal Birds can't breed ["Brian J. McAllister" ]
20 Jun NNYBirds: Louisiana Waterthrush in Russell, St. Lawrence County ["jsbolsinger" ]
20 Jun NNYBirds: Fort Drum birds ["jsbolsinger" ]
19 Jun NNYBirds: Potsdam birds ["Joan E. Collins" ]
17 Jun NNYBirds: Pawley-Piseco Road [Diane Parrish ]
17 Jun NNYBirds: American Woodcock and Savannah Sparrow [Joan Howlett ]
17 Jun NNYBirds: Prescription Sunglasses, Indian Creek [Joan Howlett ]
17 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior [Dana Rohleder ]
16 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior ["Julie" ]
16 Jun NNYBirds: Peregrine Falcon/Wilmington ["adkbunkhouse" ]
16 Jun NNYBirds: Earring Found at Massawepie ["adkmurray" ]
16 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior [Dana Rohleder ]
16 Jun NNYBirds: Whippoorwill and Screech Owl Canton ["adk3356" ]
16 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior [Brian McAllister ]
16 Jun NNYBirds: Wren behavior ["Julie" ]
15 Jun Re: NNYBirds: Red-breasted Merganser [Dana Rohleder ]
15 Jun NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ]
15 Jun NNYBirds: Red-breasted Merganser [Diane Parrish ]
15 Jun NNYBirds: Hamilton County birds ["Joan E. Collins" ]
14 Jun NNYBirds: Rouses Point/Fort Montgomery, June 13 ["Martha Fuller Stahl" ]
13 Jun NNYBirds: Adirondack Birding Adventures [Zachary Wakeman ]
10 Jun NNYBirds: OT--Opportunities to Observe Bicknell's Thrush [Julie Hart ]
09 Jun NNYBirds: Common Nighthawk in Dekalb ["jsbolsinger" ]
09 Jun NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Initiative ["jchernek23" ]
9 Jun RE: NNYBirds: images from the weekend ["Dennis Donohue" ]
9 Jun NNYBirds: images from the weekend ["Larry Master" ]
9 Jun NNYBirds: NYSYBC field trip to Massawepie Mire ["Joan E. Collins" ]
9 Jun NNYBirds: GABC - Spring Pond Bog field trip ["Joan E. Collins" ]
9 Jun NNYBirds: Hamilton Co. sightings ["Joan E. Collins" ]
09 Jun NNYBirds: Sanderling at Oseetah Lake ["adkbunkhouse" ]
08 Jun NNYBirds: [Dana Rohleder ]
8 Jun NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA [Joseph Brin ]
08 Jun NNYBirds: Sedge Wrens in Canton and on Fort Drum ["jsbolsinger" ]
8 Jun NNYBirds: Fw: Adirondacks trip, 6/6-6/7 [Joseph Brin ]
8 Jun NNYBirds: Horned Grebe [Joan Howlett ]

Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: Harry and Laurie Slaunwhite and Bennett <Slaunnett AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:31:37 -0400

There and back - No luck. Saw a couple of boblinks on Scales Rd. Whipped down 
to Ausable point and saw an Osprey chick in the nest above the check-in booth! 
Thanks! Happy 4th! 


> To: northern_ny_birds AT yahoogroups.com
> From: billkrueger AT hotmail.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:51:52 -0400
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds:  Schizochroic Robin
> 
> 
> I have seen the bird on either of side Point au Fer Road about 0.5 mi (0.8K) 
after turning off rte-9 and just before the only private drive on the right. 

> 
>  
> 
> Bill Krueger
> 
> Plattsburgh, NY
>  
> 
> 
> To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
> From: Slaunnett AT hotmail.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:45:09 +0000
> Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thinking of heading down from Montreal tomorrow to look for this peculiar 
Robin. Familiar with Pointe au Fer Rd., sorta. Is it somewhere along the road 
that loops out and becomes Scales Rd. or are you parking at the turn-in and 
walking into the bug infested marsh walk. Whatever, I'm game, but you're 
talking about a couple of square miles of possibilities and I have to get back 
across the border to hook up with my better half and head off to a campsite and 
I'm so easily carried away ;-) 

> 
> --- In Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com, Brian McAllister  
wrote: 

> >
> > Bill, Dennis, and others,
> >  
> > There is a great "Birding" issue Sept/Oct 2007 which devotes a fair portion 
of the issue to understanding aberrant plumages. They go into great, nauseating 
detail over color abnormalities. The term schizochroism(literally means "split" 
or "cleft" in color) is used several times but is used in conjunction 
w/leucism, partial albinism, and piebaldism. The author defines partial 
amelanism as "the abnormal absence of all melanin from parts of the plumage, 
skin, eyes, or all three areas." 

> >  
> > "This condition can result from a failure to deposit melanin or possibly a 
diminished level of tyrosinase(a key enzyme in the synthesis of 
melanin)....genetic forms can be recessive or dominant, and environmental 
factors could be malnutrition, toxic ingestion, disease, parasites, shock(?) 
and old age. 

> > ...author, Jeff N. Davis
> > 
> > Brian McAllister
> > Saranac Lake
> > http://adirondacksnaturally.blogspot.com/
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Dennis Donohue  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > From: Dennis Donohue 
> > Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 7:04 AM
> > 
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> > Bikk,
> > 
> > I think the correct term is Leucism or leucistic.
> > 
> > Dennis
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > [mailto:Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Bill Krueger
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:56 AM
> > To: NNY Birds
> > Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > 
> > I believe schzichroism is the absence of one or more of a birds pigments. 
In 

> > this case the bird is clearly a robin but its breast was mostly white with
> > patches of its normal color and its back, wings and tail showed irregular
> > patches of white covering about 50% of its body.
> > 
> > Bikk Krueger
> > 
> > plattsburgh, NY
> > 
> > > To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > > From: edticknor AT sympatico .ca
> > > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
> > > Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar
> > with this term.
> > > 
> > > Eve Ticknor Peregrine Falcon Watch Coordinator Ottawa Field Naturalists
> > Club 38-9 Gillespie Cres
> > > Ottawa, Ontario
> > > K1V 9T5 613-859-9545
> > > 613-737-7551
> > > 
> > > The road to the future is always under construction.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > > > From: billkrueger AT  hotmail.com
> > > > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:03 -0400
> > > > Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for
> > the third year in a row. 
> > > > 
> > > > The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with
> > identical patterns. 
> > > > 
> > > > (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young 
- 

> > evidence that it bred 
> > > > 
> > > > successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their
> > inappropiate colors and 
> > > > 
> > > > color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus 
the 

> > trait would be selected out. 
> > > > 
> > > > Or will we have more and more sightings?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Bill Krueger
> > > > 
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Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: Bill Krueger <billkrueger AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:51:52 -0400
I have seen the bird on either of side Point au Fer Road about 0.5 mi (0.8K) 
after turning off rte-9 and just before the only private drive on the right. 


 

Bill Krueger

Plattsburgh, NY
 


To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
From: Slaunnett AT hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:45:09 +0000
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin







Thinking of heading down from Montreal tomorrow to look for this peculiar 
Robin. Familiar with Pointe au Fer Rd., sorta. Is it somewhere along the road 
that loops out and becomes Scales Rd. or are you parking at the turn-in and 
walking into the bug infested marsh walk. Whatever, I'm game, but you're 
talking about a couple of square miles of possibilities and I have to get back 
across the border to hook up with my better half and head off to a campsite and 
I'm so easily carried away ;-) 


--- In Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com, Brian McAllister  
wrote: 

>
> Bill, Dennis, and others,
>  
> There is a great "Birding" issue Sept/Oct 2007 which devotes a fair portion 
of the issue to understanding aberrant plumages. They go into great, nauseating 
detail over color abnormalities. The term schizochroism(literally means "split" 
or "cleft" in color) is used several times but is used in conjunction 
w/leucism, partial albinism, and piebaldism. The author defines partial 
amelanism as "the abnormal absence of all melanin from parts of the plumage, 
skin, eyes, or all three areas." 

>  
> "This condition can result from a failure to deposit melanin or possibly a 
diminished level of tyrosinase(a key enzyme in the synthesis of 
melanin)....genetic forms can be recessive or dominant, and environmental 
factors could be malnutrition, toxic ingestion, disease, parasites, shock(?) 
and old age. 

> ...author, Jeff N. Davis
> 
> Brian McAllister
> Saranac Lake
> http://adirondacksnaturally.blogspot.com/
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Dennis Donohue  wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Dennis Donohue 
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 7:04 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bikk,
> 
> I think the correct term is Leucism or leucistic.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> [mailto:Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Bill Krueger
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:56 AM
> To: NNY Birds
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> 
> I believe schzichroism is the absence of one or more of a birds pigments. In
> this case the bird is clearly a robin but its breast was mostly white with
> patches of its normal color and its back, wings and tail showed irregular
> patches of white covering about 50% of its body.
> 
> Bikk Krueger
> 
> plattsburgh, NY
> 
> > To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > From: edticknor AT sympatico .ca
> > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
> > Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > 
> > 
> > Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar
> with this term.
> > 
> > Eve Ticknor Peregrine Falcon Watch Coordinator Ottawa Field Naturalists
> Club 38-9 Gillespie Cres
> > Ottawa, Ontario
> > K1V 9T5 613-859-9545
> > 613-737-7551
> > 
> > The road to the future is always under construction.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > > From: billkrueger AT  hotmail.com
> > > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:03 -0400
> > > Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > > 
> > > 
> > > A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for
> the third year in a row. 
> > > 
> > > The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with
> identical patterns. 
> > > 
> > > (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young -
> evidence that it bred 
> > > 
> > > successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their
> inappropiate colors and 
> > > 
> > > color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the
> trait would be selected out. 
> > > 
> > > Or will we have more and more sightings?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Bill Krueger
> > > 
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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: "Harry & Laurie" <Slaunnett AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:45:09 -0000
Thinking of heading down from Montreal tomorrow to look for this peculiar 
Robin. Familiar with Pointe au Fer Rd., sorta. Is it somewhere along the road 
that loops out and becomes Scales Rd. or are you parking at the turn-in and 
walking into the bug infested marsh walk. Whatever, I'm game, but you're 
talking about a couple of square miles of possibilities and I have to get back 
across the border to hook up with my better half and head off to a campsite and 
I'm so easily carried away ;-) 


--- In Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com, Brian McAllister  
wrote: 

>
> Bill, Dennis, and others,
>  
> There is a great "Birding" issue Sept/Oct 2007 which devotes a fair portion 
of the issue to understanding aberrant plumages. They go into great, nauseating 
detail over color abnormalities. The term schizochroism(literally means "split" 
or "cleft" in color) is used several times but is used in conjunction 
w/leucism, partial albinism, and piebaldism. The author defines partial 
amelanism as "the abnormal absence of all melanin from parts of the plumage, 
skin, eyes, or all three areas." 

>  
> "This condition can result from a failure to deposit melanin or possibly a 
diminished level of tyrosinase(a key enzyme in the synthesis of 
melanin)....genetic forms can be recessive or dominant, and environmental 
factors could be malnutrition, toxic ingestion, disease, parasites, shock(?) 
and old age. 

> ...author, Jeff N. Davis
> 
> Brian McAllister
> Saranac Lake
> http://adirondacksnaturally.blogspot.com/
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Dennis Donohue  wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Dennis Donohue 
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 7:04 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bikk,
> 
> I think the correct term is Leucism or leucistic.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> [mailto:Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Bill Krueger
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:56 AM
> To: NNY Birds
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> 
> I believe schzichroism is the absence of one or more of a birds pigments. In
> this case the bird is clearly a robin but its breast was mostly white with
> patches of its normal color and its back, wings and tail showed irregular
> patches of white covering about 50% of its body.
> 
> Bikk Krueger
> 
> plattsburgh, NY
> 
> > To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > From: edticknor AT sympatico .ca
> > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
> > Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > 
> > 
> > Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar
> with this term.
> > 
> > Eve Ticknor Peregrine Falcon Watch Coordinator Ottawa Field Naturalists
> Club 38-9 Gillespie Cres
> > Ottawa, Ontario
> > K1V 9T5 613-859-9545
> > 613-737-7551
> > 
> > The road to the future is always under construction.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> > > From: billkrueger AT  hotmail.com
> > > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:03 -0400
> > > Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > > 
> > > 
> > > A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for
> the third year in a row. 
> > > 
> > > The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with
> identical patterns. 
> > > 
> > > (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young -
> evidence that it bred 
> > > 
> > > successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their
> inappropiate colors and 
> > > 
> > > color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the
> trait would be selected out. 
> > > 
> > > Or will we have more and more sightings?
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > Bill Krueger
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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Fort Drum birding update
From: Jeff Bolsinger <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:54:49 -0700 (PDT)
Based on a couple of message I have recieved since my last post I guess I need 
to clarify something.  As I have described in the past, anybody wanting to bird 
on Fort Drum needs a recreation permit and access pass; see this website for 
details: 

http://www.drum.army.mil/garrison/pw/FishandWild.html
 
Unfortunately, it is too late to obtain a permit for this weekend (the permit 
office is closed Friday), so if you don't already have one or made arrangements 
to recieve one you will be unable to bird on Fort Drum this weekend.  Passes 
are good for the federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to 30 Sep) and only cost $5, so I 
always suggest that anybody with any interest in birding Fort Drum buy one well 
in advance of a potential visit. 

 
Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, jsbolsinger  wrote:


From: jsbolsinger 
Subject: NNYBirds: Fort Drum birding update
To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:03 PM








Just in time for the July 4 weekend, another summary of the birds we've been 
seeing on Fort Drum has been posted to the Fort Drum Fish and Wildlife web 
page. This summary can be seen by following this link: 


http://www.drum. army.mil/ garrison/ pw/pdf/Environme ntal/NatResource 
s/FishAndWild/ Wildlife% 20Viewing% 20Report% 20-%2002Jul2009. pdf 


I always recommend a visit to Fort Drum on a major holiday weekend, 
particularly Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, as virtually no training 
occurs at these times and usually most of the installation is open to 
recreation. 


Good luck to any who go.

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Subject: NNYBirds: Fort Drum birding update
From: "jsbolsinger" <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:03:00 -0000
Just in time for the July 4 weekend, another summary of the birds we've been 
seeing on Fort Drum has been posted to the Fort Drum Fish and Wildlife web 
page. This summary can be seen by following this link: 



http://www.drum.army.mil/garrison/pw/pdf/Environmental/NatResources/FishAndWild/Wildlife%20Viewing%20Report%20-%2002Jul2009.pdf 


I always recommend a visit to Fort Drum on a major holiday weekend, 
particularly Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, as virtually no training 
occurs at these times and usually most of the installation is open to 
recreation. 


Good luck to any who go.

Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Gary Lee talk
From: Phil Brown <philbrown AT juno.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:53:56 -0400
I thought you all would be interested in this news release from ADK:
The Adirondack Mountain Club Presents: Birds of the Adirondacks
 Adirondack birding expert Gary Lee will present, in words and images, on
the diversity and beauty of Adirondack birds. From the common to the
rare, Lee will discuss where Adirondack birds can be found and the
habitats they need. Mr. Lee, who recently co-authored Adirondack Birding,
is a retired Adirondack Forest Ranger of 35 years service. He now leads
guided tours throughout the Adirondacks. 
 This special ADK presentation will be held on Saturday, July 11, at 8:00
PM at the Adirondack Mountain Club’s (ADK’s) High Peaks Information
Center, located at Heart Lake in Lake Placid. This presentation is free
and open to the public.
 This presentation is part of ADK’s Saturday Evening Lecture Series,
funded with support from Stewart’s Shops.  The Saturday Evening Lecture
Series offers presentations on natural history, backcountry recreation,
Adirondack history, art, and music. 
Founded in 1922, Adirondack Mountain Club is a member-directed
organization committed to public service and stewardship.  With more than
35,000 members in 27 chapters, ADK promotes a balanced approach to
outdoor recreation, advocacy, environmental education, and natural
resource conservation.  Membership guides ADK’s mission via its
educational and outreach programming, trails maintenance and restoration
projects, volunteer opportunities, and legal advocacy work.  New members
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Subject: NNYBirds: Boreal Birds and Bogs Walk
From: "yelldog1" <marywds AT aol.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:25:29 -0000
July 11th, 23rd, August 8th
Bloomingdale Bog
Time: 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Leader: April Costa, The Wild Center Summer Naturalist and Northern New York 
Audubon Intern 

Registration: Please call Sally Gross at 359-7800 x116 or email 
sgross AT wildcenter.org 

This is great habitat for boreal species such as boreal chickadee, gray jay, 
and black-backed woodpecker.  The area encompasses a large bog wetland area and 
cedar woods with sedge marsh and coniferous woods. Easy walking along an old 
railroad bed. Please be prepared with sturdy walking shoes, binoculars/field 
guides, appropriate outdoor clothing, bug spray and water.
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Re: Tug Hill
From: "janet akin" <jakin AT rochester.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:20:42 -0400
Thanks everyone for the help on our birding trip to Tug Hill WMA #53. WE had a 
great time and had forgotten how beautiful and amazing it is up there in the 
summer. Although we didn't see a wide variety of birds the numbers were quite 
good and lots of butterflies. We had the following Cedarwaxwings 
everywhere,Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting(many) Scarlet Tanager, Rose 
breasted Grosbeak, Phoebe, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, Wild Turkey, Red Eye 
Vireo, Ovenbird, Ruby Throat Hummingbird,(many). Along with the usual suspects. 
Not a single species of water fowl on that beautiful lake and not a signal 
Great Blue Heron anywhere. On a side note my brother who was home from the army 
from Fort Leavenworth was amazed to pick up 12 satellites on his GPS up there. 
That was more than he has ever picked up anywhere even Afghanistan. Janet Akin, 
Seneca Castle NY 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:19 PM
  Subject: NNYBirds: Re: Tug Hill





 Here are specifics on the Tug Hill WMA. 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/41191.html 


 Another good birding location is The Nature Conservancy Tug Hill Conservation 
Area 
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/preserves/art11834.html 
(15,000 acres) just south of the WMA. To access from Highmarket, take North Rd 
to Tabolt Corners, then a left on G AT W Rd. Drive three miles on a well groomed 
gravel road, then you will get to a poorly groomed road. DEC will hopefully 
improve this section of the road this summer but until then your best bet is to 
walk the area. We saw quite a few grouse and warblers yesterday. 


 The rim trail at Whetstone Gulf State Park is scenic and I heared lots of 
birds last week. Enjoy! 


  Chris Lajewski
  Northern NY Land Steward
  The Nature Conservancy

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now live in the Finger Lakes area. I will be visiting my sisters this week. I 
have read about Tug Hill WMA area on the listserve but not really sure where 
that is. Thanks for any help or advice. Janet Akin, Seneca Castle 

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Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: Brian McAllister <birder64 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:55:53 -0700 (PDT)
Bill, Dennis, and others,
 
There is a great "Birding" issue Sept/Oct 2007 which devotes a fair portion of 
the issue to understanding aberrant plumages. They go into great, nauseating 
detail over color abnormalities. The term schizochroism(literally means "split" 
or "cleft" in color) is used several times but is used in conjunction 
w/leucism, partial albinism, and piebaldism. The author defines partial 
amelanism as "the abnormal absence of all melanin from parts of the plumage, 
skin, eyes, or all three areas." 

 
"This condition can result from a failure to deposit melanin or possibly a 
diminished level of tyrosinase(a key enzyme in the synthesis of 
melanin)....genetic forms can be recessive or dominant, and environmental 
factors could be malnutrition, toxic ingestion, disease, parasites, shock(?) 
and old age. 

...author, Jeff N. Davis

Brian McAllister
Saranac Lake
http://adirondacksnaturally.blogspot.com/

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From: Dennis Donohue 
Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 7:04 AM








Bikk,

I think the correct term is Leucism or leucistic.

Dennis

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[mailto:Northern_NY_ Birds AT yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of Bill Krueger
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:56 AM
To: NNY Birds
Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin

I believe schzichroism is the absence of one or more of a birds pigments. In
this case the bird is clearly a robin but its breast was mostly white with
patches of its normal color and its back, wings and tail showed irregular
patches of white covering about 50% of its body.

Bikk Krueger

plattsburgh, NY

> To: northern_ny_ birds AT yahoogroup s.com
> From: edticknor AT sympatico .ca
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> 
> 
> Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar
with this term.
> 
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Club 38-9 Gillespie Cres
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> > Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > 
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> > A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for
the third year in a row. 
> > 
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identical patterns. 
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> > (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young -
evidence that it bred 
> > 
> > successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their
inappropiate colors and 
> > 
> > color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the
trait would be selected out. 
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Subject: NNYBirds: Nominations sought for NYSOA awards
From: Andrew Mason <andymason AT earthling.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:47:34 -0400
Among the activities of the NY State 
Ornithological Association are a number of awards 
given in recognition of service, accomplishment 
and assistance in furthering the goals of NYSOA 
and ornithology in NY State.  Nominations and 
suggestions of recipients of these awards are 
sought from organizations and individuals.
             Deadline for all nominations to be 
given at the 2009 Annual Meeting is August 1, 
2009.  Information on awards is also available on 
the NYSOA web site, www.nybirds.org.

    *         Member Organization Grants--NYSOA 
is committed to facilitating the work of its 
member organizations and offers modest grants 
(usually less than $100) to help defray the costs 
associated with projects sponsored by a club or 
clubs.  In the past, grants have been awarded for 
purchases of equipment (e.g. mistnets) and the 
printing of local or regional bird 
checklists.  More recently grants have gone 
toward locating bluebird boxes in Westchester 
County.  Applications can be made at any time, 
and should include a brief description of the 
project, items to be produced, and a statement of 
how much funding is needed and how the funds will 
be used relative to the overall project budget.
    *          John J. Elliott Award­-This award 
recognizes the best The Kingbird article each 
year, which is selected by the editorial 
staff.   The 2008 award went to Alex Wilson for 
“Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis gularis) at 
Calvert Vaux Park, Brooklyn”; The Kingbird, Vol. 57, No. 4, December 2007.
    *          Certificates of Appreciation--For 
several years, nominations have been accepted for 
recipients of certificates of appreciation. These 
certificates are given for service that benefited 
New York State birds and/or ornithology.  They 
are also awarded to "hosts" of rare birds that 
visited New York State.  These hosts are 
recognized for their hospitality to birders who 
came to view the rare bird.  Among recent 
certificates of appreciation have been:
                                --Deep Hollow 
Ranch for hosting a Pink-footed Goose and a Barnacle Goose in Montauk, NY.
                                --John Haas for 
his efforts in locating and publicizing gulls, 
winter finches and other avian rarities in 
Sullivan Co., NY, and for his cooperation, 
hospitality, and able assistance to visiting birders.
                               --Larry Wilson for 
hosting Rufous Hummingbirds in Houghton, NY.

Nominations for grants or awards should be 
submitted in letter form stating relevant 
background and identity to:  Andy Mason, 1039 
Peck St., Jefferson, NY 12093, (607) 652-2162, AndyMason AT earthling.net.

Please consider nominating suitable individuals 
for these awards and help us recognize and show 
our appreciation for those who support NY’s birds.

--Andy Mason, NYSOA Awards Committee Chair



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1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY  12093
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Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: "Dennis Donohue" <ddonohue AT through-my-lens.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:04:11 -0400
Bikk,

I think the correct term is Leucism or leucistic.

Dennis

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[mailto:Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Krueger
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:56 AM
To: NNY Birds
Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin


I believe schzichroism is the absence of one or more of a birds pigments. In
this case the bird is clearly a robin but its breast was mostly white with
patches of its normal color and its back, wings and tail showed irregular
patches of white covering about 50% of its body.

 

Bikk Krueger

plattsburgh, NY

 
> To: northern_ny_birds AT yahoogroups.com
> From: edticknor AT sympatico.ca
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> 
> 
> Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar
with this term.
> 
> Eve Ticknor Peregrine Falcon Watch Coordinator Ottawa Field Naturalists
Club 38-9 Gillespie Cres
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1V 9T5 613-859-9545
> 613-737-7551
> 
> The road to the future is always under construction.
> 
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> > Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
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> > A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for
the third year in a row. 
> > 
> > The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with
identical patterns. 
> > 
> > (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young -
evidence that it bred 
> > 
> > successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their
inappropiate colors and 
> > 
> > color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the
trait would be selected out. 
> > 
> > Or will we have more and more sightings?
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Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: Bill Krueger <billkrueger AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:56:05 -0400
I believe schzichroism is the absence of one or more of a birds pigments. In 
this case the bird is clearly a robin but its breast was mostly white with 
patches of its normal color and its back, wings and tail showed irregular 
patches of white covering about 50% of its body. 


 

Bikk Krueger

plattsburgh, NY

 
> To: northern_ny_birds AT yahoogroups.com
> From: edticknor AT sympatico.ca
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
> Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> 
> 
> Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar with 
this term. 

> 
> Eve Ticknor Peregrine Falcon Watch Coordinator Ottawa Field Naturalists Club 
38-9 Gillespie Cres 

> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1V 9T5 613-859-9545
> 613-737-7551
> 
> The road to the future is always under construction.
> 
> 
> 
> > To: northern_ny_birds AT yahoogroups.com
> > From: billkrueger AT hotmail.com
> > Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:03 -0400
> > Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
> > 
> > 
> > A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for the 
third year in a row. 

> > 
> > The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with 
identical patterns. 

> > 
> > (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young - 
evidence that it bred 

> > 
> > successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their 
inappropiate colors and 

> > 
> > color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the 
trait would be selected out. 

> > 
> > Or will we have more and more sightings?
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Subject: RE: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: <edticknor AT sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:29:19 +0000
Can you describe what is making this robin schizochroic? I am unfamiliar with 
this term. 


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> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:03 -0400
> Subject: NNYBirds:  Schizochroic Robin
> 
> 
> A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for the 
third year in a row. 

> 
> The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with 
identical patterns. 

> 
> (I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young - 
evidence that it bred 

> 
> successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their 
inappropiate colors and 

> 
> color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the 
trait would be selected out. 

> 
> Or will we have more and more sightings?
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Subject: NNYBirds: Schizochroic Robin
From: Bill Krueger <billkrueger AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:03 -0400
A schizochroic American Robin was seen on Point au Fer this morning for the 
third year in a row. 


The 2008 and 2009 sightings were either of the same bird or of two with 
identical patterns. 


(I didn't see the 2007 bird.) Today's bird was carrying food for young - 
evidence that it bred 


successfully. I would have thought schizochroic birds, because of their 
inappropiate colors and 


color patterns, would have little success attracting a mate and thus the trait 
would be selected out. 


Or will we have more and more sightings?

 

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Subject: NNYBirds: Re: Tug Hill
From: "lajewskic" <lajewskic AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:19:14 -0000
Here are specifics on the Tug Hill WMA. 
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/41191.html 


Another good birding location is The Nature Conservancy Tug Hill Conservation 
Area 
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/preserves/art11834.html 
(15,000 acres) just south of the WMA. To access from Highmarket, take North Rd 
to Tabolt Corners, then a left on G AT W Rd. Drive three miles on a well groomed 
gravel road, then you will get to a poorly groomed road. DEC will hopefully 
improve this section of the road this summer but until then your best bet is to 
walk the area. We saw quite a few grouse and warblers yesterday. 


The rim trail at Whetstone Gulf State Park is scenic and I heared lots of birds 
last week. Enjoy! 


Chris Lajewski
Northern NY Land Steward
The Nature Conservancy

--- In Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com, "janet akin"  wrote:
>
> Could someone tell me a good place to bird in the Port Leyden and 
Constableville area. I'm from the area but as a young person wasn't a birder. I 
now live in the Finger Lakes area. I will be visiting my sisters this week. I 
have read about Tug Hill WMA area on the listserve but not really sure where 
that is. Thanks for any help or advice. Janet Akin, Seneca Castle 

> 
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Subject: NNYBirds: Adirondack Birding Basics
From: "yelldog1" <marywds AT aol.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:52:17 -0000
June 5th, 20th, July 2nd, 16th, 30th, August 6th
Adirondack Birding Basics
The Wild Center
Time: 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Leader: April Costa
Registration: Please call Sally Gross at 359-7800 x116 or email 
sgross AT wildcenter.org 

Enjoy a morning walk at The Wild Center with Summer Naturalist and Northern New 
York Audubon Intern April Costa. Learn the basics of birding – identification, 
using a field guide as well as how to attract birds to your own back yard. A 
spotting scope will be used to view birds on the Raquette River from Oxbow 
Overlooks. Please be prepared with sturdy walking shoes, binoculars/field 
guides (we have some for use), appropriate outdoor clothing, bug spray, and 
water. Meet at 8:30 am at The Wild Center public parking Lot.
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Tug Hill
From: "Larry" <cordovan AT frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:19:11 -0400
I really like the Fish Creek Rd. up to Highmarket from West Leyden
quite alot for variety, I always see something interesting there.
larry hogan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: janet akin 
  To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:19 PM
  Subject: NNYBirds: Tug Hill





 Could someone tell me a good place to bird in the Port Leyden and 
Constableville area. I'm from the area but as a young person wasn't a birder. I 
now live in the Finger Lakes area. I will be visiting my sisters this week. I 
have read about Tug Hill WMA area on the listserve but not really sure where 
that is. Thanks for any help or advice. Janet Akin, Seneca Castle 


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Subject: NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA
From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:18:23 -0700 (PDT)
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  June 29, 2009
*  NYSY 2906.09
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 22,  2009 - June 29, 2009
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:June 29 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#160 -Monday June 29, 2009
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 22 , 
2009 

 
Highlights:
-----------

SANDHILL CRANE
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
ORCHARD ORIOLE
PROTHONOTARY WRBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Extralimital)
    


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
------------

     6/22: 7 SANDHILL CRANES were seen along the wildlife drive.
     6/23: 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen along the wildlife drive.


Onondaga County
------------

 6/20: (belated) Many species of birds including 8 species of warbler were 
found in the Central New York Land Trust’s Mason Hill Preserve in the Town of 
LaFayette. Highlights were LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and HOODED WARBLER. 

 6/28: A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was heard singing on Oran-Delphi Road in the Town 
of Pompey. Reports of YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were also recieved from Slate Hill 
Road and Beaver Creek Road in south eastern Madison County. It is thought that 
this years Tent Caterpiller infestation may be bring larger numbers of the 
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO than is normal in our area. 

 6/28: An adult male ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen on Perry Road in the Town of Van 
Buren. Earlier this week at this sight a pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES was observed 
feeding young and a second year male was also seen. 



Oswego County
------------

 6/27: An adult male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen in the usual site on Toad 
Harbor Road at the first lagoon. It was seen again the next day. 

 6/28: 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were seen on Silk Road near the Oswego County 
Airport.. 



Extralimital
------------

 This weeks big news is the pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES found in southern 
Montgomery County south of Canajoharie. One bird was apparently found as early 
as June 1 and local farmers have reported seeing and hearing them daily since. 
One bird was reported again on 6/27 and 2 were seen on 6/28 and it is thought 
they may be a nesting pair. One bird was seen again today and later reports are 
certain to come in. 

 Directions th where the birds are being seen are: NYS Thruway to the 
Canajoharie exit, #28 (not 29 as NYS Birds says). Take Rt.10 south to Maple 
Town Road and turn left and go about 3 miles to mailbox #919. From here the 
bird has seen flying overhead and also further east in some dead trees. You may 
have to wait a while to see the birds. 


       

--end transcript
 
--
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y., U.S.A..


      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Tug Hill
From: "janet akin" <jakin AT rochester.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:19:05 -0400
Could someone tell me a good place to bird in the Port Leyden and 
Constableville area. I'm from the area but as a young person wasn't a birder. I 
now live in the Finger Lakes area. I will be visiting my sisters this week. I 
have read about Tug Hill WMA area on the listserve but not really sure where 
that is. Thanks for any help or advice. Janet Akin, Seneca Castle 


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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Sedge Wren and other birds at Upper and Lower Lakes
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:07:20 -0400
Jeff's GPS coordinates for the Sedge Wren are located on Irish Settlement Road 
(for those who don't have TOPO software!). 


Today, I observed a Green Heron fly across the road in a wetland area along 
Southville Road (Stockholm) between Route 11 and Route 11B. 


Joan Collins
Potsdam & Long Lake

  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:47 AM
  Subject: NNYBirds: Sedge Wren and other birds at Upper and Lower Lakes





 I spent some time birding between rain showers this morning in Canton and 
Lisbon. Probably the highlight of the morning was a Sedge Wren singing out in 
the open for an extended period of time. The 

 wren was in a field about 2.4 miles west of Rt. 68, just past a very small 
bridge (GPS coordinates: 44.58528, -75.24093). I've been checking this field 
regularly for weeks and today was the first day I've heard a Sedge Wren here 
this year, but this is the fourth year out of the last six that I've found at 
least one Sedge Wren in this field during June or July. Marsh and House Wrens 
were also singing here this morning. 


 Earlier in the morning I spent about 30 minutes scanning Lower Lake from the 
Rt. 15 tower. The pair of Common Loons have one chick that looks to be no more 
than a week old. From the tower I could see 4 Pied-billed Grebes sitting on 
nests and another with a fledgling. One brood of nine Ring-necked Duck chicks 
was also visible. 


  Jeff Bolsinger
  Canton, NY



  

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Subject: NNYBirds: Sedge Wren and other birds at Upper and Lower Lakes
From: "jsbolsinger" <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:47:41 -0000
I spent some time birding between rain showers this morning in Canton and 
Lisbon. Probably the highlight of the morning was a Sedge Wren singing out in 
the open for an extended period of time. The 

wren was in a field about 2.4 miles west of Rt. 68, just past a very small 
bridge (GPS coordinates: 44.58528, -75.24093). I've been checking this field 
regularly for weeks and today was the first day I've heard a Sedge Wren here 
this year, but this is the fourth year out of the last six that I've found at 
least one Sedge Wren in this field during June or July. Marsh and House Wrens 
were also singing here this morning. 


Earlier in the morning I spent about 30 minutes scanning Lower Lake from the 
Rt. 15 tower. The pair of Common Loons have one chick that looks to be no more 
than a week old. From the tower I could see 4 Pied-billed Grebes sitting on 
nests and another with a fledgling. One brood of nine Ring-necked Duck chicks 
was also visible. 


Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: FW: First Migrant Shorebirds & Arctic Breeding Conditions
From: <edticknor AT sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:37:36 +0000
FYI

Eve Ticknor Peregrine Falcon Watch Coordinator Ottawa Field Naturalists Club 
38-9 Gillespie Cres 

Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 9T5 613-859-9545
613-737-7551

The road to the future is always under construction.



> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:09:21 -0400
> To: ontbirds AT hwcn.org
> From: jeaniron AT sympatico.ca
> Subject: [Ontbirds] First Migrant Shorebirds & Arctic Breeding Conditions
> 
> Yesterday we saw an adult Lesser Yellowlegs at Reesor Pond in Markham 
> near Toronto and on Wednesday there was an adult Least Sandpiper in 
> Hamilton. These are the first "fall migrant" shorebirds and they are 
> right on schedule. Directions: Reesor Pond is on the west side of 
> Reesor Road just south of Highway 7.
> 
> Arctic Breeding Conditions: Several people asked us to comment about 
> recent reports of a "Disastrous breeding season in the Arctic". The 
> Arctic is huge; it is 3500 km from southern James Bay (subarctic) to 
> northern Ellesmere Island. Most shorebirds have large breeding ranges 
> and even in late years many birds breed successfully and rarely does 
> the entire Arctic experience the same climatic conditions. We checked 
> with northern researchers and summarized their comments below. 
> Shorebird nesting in 2009 is poor in some regions but normal to good 
> elsewhere.
> 
> Ontario: Ken Abraham reports that conditions in the Hudson Bay 
> Lowlands were about 10 days late from Attawapiskat south on James 
> Bay, including Akimiski Island, with Canada Geese and Snow Geese 
> hatching in mid June, more like the 1990s average than the 2000s 
> average and within the overall norms. Other species on Akimiski 
> Island were correspondingly late. His guess is that for those species 
> that require shorter time there will be some reduction but not huge. 
> Perhaps the predation effect will be somewhat greater if alternate 
> species are less available. Because coastal snow, ice and water 
> inundation conditions were similar from Cape Henrietta Maria to the 
> Manitoba border, Ken expects that for Canada Geese nesting within 40 
> - 60 km from the coast, a much reduced effort and productivity will 
> be the norm. Snow Geese at Cape Henrietta Maria were greatly down and 
> the suggestion of a 90% reduction seems to fit what they saw on their 
> survey. However, beyond 40 - 60 km inland, he thinks conditions will 
> be different. Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the 
> Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should 
> not be severely impacted because much of the freeze took place near the 
coast. 

> 
> Manitoba: The situation is worse in northern Manitoba at Churchill 
> where temperatures were well below normal until recently and the snow 
> cover melted late. However, Erica Nol reports that birds have started 
> to nest, just very late, and it won't be a complete bust for 
> shorebirds if there are enough bare spots. Whimbrels and Hudsonian 
> Godwits are nesting, but overall nesting success should be below 
> average for most shorebirds in northern Manitoba.
> 
> Nunavut: Snow melt was up to three weeks late in mainland Nunavut 
> north of Manitoba. Recent temperatures have been close to normal. 
> Much of Baffin Island is now snow free and conditions there and on 
> Bylot Island are about normal. High Arctic breeders should have a 
> good breeding year.
> 
> Northwest Territories: Vicky Johnston suspects it will be a poor 
> breeding year in parts of the Western Arctic. Spring was roughly 
> three weeks late in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake based on 
> leaf-out. The Mackenzie Valley and Delta warmed early but then cooled 
> off again. The Delta flooded slowly and the water receded slowly, so 
> some prime shorebird breeding areas were subject to heavy predation.
> 
> Yukon: Cameron Eckert reports a late spring, but once the heat came, 
> everything shifted into high gear.
> 
> Alaska: Declan Troy reports from the North Slope that the snow on the 
> tundra is long gone. It was much warmer earlier in the month and his 
> guess is that the breeding season has been early there.
> 
> We will be recording the arrivals and numbers of adult and juvenile 
> shorebirds in southern Ontario and may post updates.
> 
> Acknowledgements: We thank Ken Abraham, Bruce Di Labio, Cameron 
> Eckert, Michel Gosselin, Vicky Johnston, Erica Nol, Mark Peck, Ken 
> Ross, Don Sutherland, and Declan Troy.
> 
> Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron
> Toronto ON
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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrids, Revisited
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:47:51 -0400
Thanks Matt,

I guess there are no simple answers when it comes to 
Brewster's/Lawrence's taxonomy. I dropped my BNA subscription this 
Spring because I rarely used it. Maybe I should have kept it....

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

Matthew Medler wrote:
> I'm sorry--I realize that I didn't really answer Dana's questions about 
> what the names Brewster's Warbler and Lawrence's Warbler refer to.  I 
> was in a rush when I posted my reply this morning, and while I'm in a 
> rush now as well, I hope that this reply will be more informative.
> 
> This is my understanding of the topic, based on looking at the BNA 
> accounts and also the Sibley Guide:
> 
> The offspring of pure GWWA x pure BWWA parents are called Brewster's 
> Warblers.  More specifically, Sibley uses the term "Brewster's first 
> generation."
> 
> When a first generation Brewster's Warbler mates with a pure GWWA or a 
> pure BWWA, the results can be:
> 
> "Brewster's backcross" (which is what Eric and I saw)
> 
> or
> 
> "Lawrence's backcross"
> 
> So, I believe that Brewster's can refer to similar phenotypes 
> (appearances) found in both the F1 and F2 generations, while Lawrence's 
> Warbler does not occur until the F2 generation.
> 
> I am no expert on this matter, but Dr. Frank Gill, who might lurk on 
> this listserve, is an expert on this matter, having studied it for 
> decades.  Perhaps he could provide any necessary clarification.
> 
> Dr. Gill, along with Ron Canterbury and John Confer, wrote the 
> Blue-winged Warbler BNA account, and provided this description of hybrid 
> appearances:
> 
> 
> Hybrid Phenotypes
> 
> Brewster’s hybrids (the most frequently occurring hybrid phenotype) look 
> like Golden-wings without the bold, black facial pattern. These hybrids 
> feature (dominant) black eye-line of Blue-wing. Underparts intermediate 
> in color; i.e., white heavily washed with yellow. Wing-bars also 
> intermediate but highly variable in amount of yellow color and 
> separation. Female Brewster’s paler and breast and belly may have more 
> neutral gray than male Brewster’s (Confer 1992).
> 
> Lawrence’s hybrids combine Golden-wing (homozygous recessive) face 
> pattern with Blue-wing-like yellow plumage color. Black throat and 
> eye-patch inherited as a unit with rare exceptions.
> 
> Backcrossing produces individuals that closely resemble either parental 
> species, with some introgression. Examples include Blue-winged Warblers 
> with 2 yellowish, not white, wing-bars. Backcrossing of first-generation 
> Brewster’s Warbler with Golden-winged Warbler may produce Brewster’s 
> Warblers with pure-white underparts and broad, yellow wing-bars, like 
> Golden-wing, but no black throat and eye-patch.
> 
> 
> I hope this helps!
> Matt
> 
> 



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Subject: NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrids, Revisited
From: Matthew Medler <mdm2 AT cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:41:31 -0400
I'm sorry--I realize that I didn't really answer Dana's questions about 
what the names Brewster's Warbler and Lawrence's Warbler refer to.  I 
was in a rush when I posted my reply this morning, and while I'm in a 
rush now as well, I hope that this reply will be more informative.

This is my understanding of the topic, based on looking at the BNA 
accounts and also the Sibley Guide:

The offspring of pure GWWA x pure BWWA parents are called Brewster's 
Warblers.  More specifically, Sibley uses the term "Brewster's first 
generation."

When a first generation Brewster's Warbler mates with a pure GWWA or a 
pure BWWA, the results can be:

"Brewster's backcross" (which is what Eric and I saw)

or

"Lawrence's backcross"

So, I believe that Brewster's can refer to similar phenotypes 
(appearances) found in both the F1 and F2 generations, while Lawrence's 
Warbler does not occur until the F2 generation.

I am no expert on this matter, but Dr. Frank Gill, who might lurk on 
this listserve, is an expert on this matter, having studied it for 
decades.  Perhaps he could provide any necessary clarification.

Dr. Gill, along with Ron Canterbury and John Confer, wrote the 
Blue-winged Warbler BNA account, and provided this description of hybrid 
appearances:


Hybrid Phenotypes

Brewster’s hybrids (the most frequently occurring hybrid phenotype) look 
like Golden-wings without the bold, black facial pattern. These hybrids 
feature (dominant) black eye-line of Blue-wing. Underparts intermediate 
in color; i.e., white heavily washed with yellow. Wing-bars also 
intermediate but highly variable in amount of yellow color and 
separation. Female Brewster’s paler and breast and belly may have more 
neutral gray than male Brewster’s (Confer 1992).

Lawrence’s hybrids combine Golden-wing (homozygous recessive) face 
pattern with Blue-wing-like yellow plumage color. Black throat and 
eye-patch inherited as a unit with rare exceptions.

Backcrossing produces individuals that closely resemble either parental 
species, with some introgression. Examples include Blue-winged Warblers 
with 2 yellowish, not white, wing-bars. Backcrossing of first-generation 
Brewster’s Warbler with Golden-winged Warbler may produce Brewster’s 
Warblers with pure-white underparts and broad, yellow wing-bars, like 
Golden-wing, but no black throat and eye-patch.


I hope this helps!
Matt


Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Brewster's Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and 
Golden-winged Warblers
From: Dana Rohleder 
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:26:43 -0400

Matt,

Is this warbler also called a Lawrence's Warbler, or is that a different
backcross? I was under the impression the initial cross was a Brewster's
Warbler and a backcross was a Lawrence's Warbler. Or is the Lawrence's
backcross only a specific phenotype?

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY


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Subject: NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrids
From: Matthew Medler <mdm2 AT cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
The Birds of North America species account for Golden-winged Warbler, written 
by John Confer, contains the following description of hybrids: 


"Hybrids with Blue-winged Warblers complicate identification. Brewster’s and 
Lawrence’s hybrids (see Systematics) usually distinguishable. Brewster’s 
generally gray above and white below like Golden-winged. Brewster’s lacks the 
black eye and throat patch of the Golden-winged, but has the thin, black 
eye-line of the Blue-winged Warbler. Brewster’s can have large amounts of 
yellow on the upper and lower body parts. Female Brewster’s paler; chest and 
abdomen may have more neutral gray than males. Pale buff-yellow may be widely 
diffused throughout the body plumage. 


The Lawrence’s Warbler generally looks like a Blue-winged with the addition 
of the Golden-winged facial and throat pattern. Lawrence’s yellowish 
olive-green to citrine above and spectrum yellow below, with the black eye and 
throat patch of the Golden-winged. Wing bars nearly or completely separate, 
pale yellow to white." 


Field guides should show "typical" Brewster's Warbler and Lawrence's Warbler, 
along with some variants. 


Matt Medler
Ithaca
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Brewster's Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and Golden-winged Warblers
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:26:43 -0400
Matt,

Is this warbler also called a Lawrence's Warbler, or is that a different 
backcross? I was under the impression the initial cross was a Brewster's 
Warbler and a backcross was a Lawrence's Warbler. Or is the Lawrence's 
backcross only a specific phenotype?

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

Matthew Medler wrote:
> Eric Teed and I visited the shrublands just south of Webb Royce Swamp in 
> the Town of Westport (Essex County) on Monday (22 June 2009) to look for 
>    Golden-winged Warblers.  I found this species in this area a few 
> years ago, and have been wanting to go back and explore the shrublands 
> more thoroughly since then.
> 
> Shortly after our arrival, we heard a "bee-buzz-buzz-buzz" song, which 
> did not come as a surprise.  The songster that we eventually saw, 
> however, was a surprise:  an adult male "BREWSTER'S WARBLER." 
> Specifically, the bird matched the "Spring Adult Male, F2, Backcross" 
> bird shown on Plate 3 of Dunn and Garrett's "Warblers" book.  This means 
> that the bird we saw was the result of a pairing between a Golden-winged 
> Warbler X Blue-winged Warbler hybrid and one of the two parental species 
> (likely a Golden-winged Warbler, based on the relative abundance of the 
> two species in the Champlain Valley).
> 
> The presence of an F2 hybrid came as a real surprise because to date, 
> there have been very few Blue-winged Warbler reports from New York's 
> Champlain Valley (And, without Blue-winged Warblers, it's difficult to 
> have hybrids.)  I believe, though, that Blue-winged Warbler is more 
> common in the Vermont portion of the Champlain Valley, and I think that 
> both Golden-winged Warbler and Blue-winged Warbler have been 
> under-reported in Essex County and Clinton County.
> 
> After finding the Brewster's Warbler, it came as less of a surprise to 
> find an adult male BLUE-WINGED WARBLER elsewhere in the shrublands. 
> And, least surprising, but most enjoyable of all, was finding two adult 
> male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS in the same general area.  This is such a 
> striking bird, and we are fortunate to be able to currently find it in 
> the Champlain Valley.  Under normal conditions, I actually would have 
> been a bit disappointed to find just two Golden-wings, as there is 
> suitable habitat for more territorial pairs, but it was extremely windy 
> during our visit, making it very difficult to find birds.
> 
> Good birding,
> Matt Medler
> Ithaca
> 
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Subject: NNYBirds: Brewster's Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and Golden-winged Warblers
From: Matthew Medler <mdm2 AT cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:57:14 -0400
Eric Teed and I visited the shrublands just south of Webb Royce Swamp in 
the Town of Westport (Essex County) on Monday (22 June 2009) to look for 
   Golden-winged Warblers.  I found this species in this area a few 
years ago, and have been wanting to go back and explore the shrublands 
more thoroughly since then.

Shortly after our arrival, we heard a "bee-buzz-buzz-buzz" song, which 
did not come as a surprise.  The songster that we eventually saw, 
however, was a surprise:  an adult male "BREWSTER'S WARBLER." 
Specifically, the bird matched the "Spring Adult Male, F2, Backcross" 
bird shown on Plate 3 of Dunn and Garrett's "Warblers" book.  This means 
that the bird we saw was the result of a pairing between a Golden-winged 
Warbler X Blue-winged Warbler hybrid and one of the two parental species 
(likely a Golden-winged Warbler, based on the relative abundance of the 
two species in the Champlain Valley).

The presence of an F2 hybrid came as a real surprise because to date, 
there have been very few Blue-winged Warbler reports from New York's 
Champlain Valley (And, without Blue-winged Warblers, it's difficult to 
have hybrids.)  I believe, though, that Blue-winged Warbler is more 
common in the Vermont portion of the Champlain Valley, and I think that 
both Golden-winged Warbler and Blue-winged Warbler have been 
under-reported in Essex County and Clinton County.

After finding the Brewster's Warbler, it came as less of a surprise to 
find an adult male BLUE-WINGED WARBLER elsewhere in the shrublands. 
And, least surprising, but most enjoyable of all, was finding two adult 
male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS in the same general area.  This is such a 
striking bird, and we are fortunate to be able to currently find it in 
the Champlain Valley.  Under normal conditions, I actually would have 
been a bit disappointed to find just two Golden-wings, as there is 
suitable habitat for more territorial pairs, but it was extremely windy 
during our visit, making it very difficult to find birds.

Good birding,
Matt Medler
Ithaca
Subject: NNYBirds: Siskins
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:23:45 -0400
6/24/09

I had 6 Pine Siskins at the feeder today. A Whip-poor-will was calling 
last night at the base of Trembleau Mtn. Tree Swallows fledged earlier 
this week and Phoebes are fledging today. Bluebirds abandoned a nest 
with 4 eggs - probably because of noisy dump trucks servicing the water 
line construction in Port Kent. Chickadees have taken up the slack on 
the mealworm feeder. House wren sitting on eggs. Hummingbirds scarce 
lately for some reason.
-- 
Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA
From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:51:36 -0700 (PDT)
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  June 22, 2009
*  NYSY 2206.09
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 15,  2009 - June 22, 2009
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:June 22 AT 5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#159 -Monday June 22, 2009
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 15 , 
2009 

 
Highlights:
-----------

RED CROSSBILL
GREAT EGRET
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
BLACK TERN
EURASIAN WIGEON
SHORT-EARED OWL
WHIP-POOR-WILL
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
SEDGE WREN
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
    


Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
------------

 6/16: 5 GREAT EGRETS, 1 SANDHILL CRANES, and 4 BLACK TERNS were seen at 
May’s Point Pool. 

     6/20: 6 SDANDHILL CRANES were seen in the Main Pool.
 6/21: An adult drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the Main Pool. Also seen were 
6 SANDHILL CRANES, and 30 BALD EAGLES. 



Fort Drum
------------

 Fort Drum in Jefferson County has always been known as an excellent birding 
location but the report from Jeff Bolsinger for the first half of June is 
nothing short of spectacular. Highlights are probable nesting SHORT-EARED OWLS, 
WHIP-POOR-WILL, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, numerous RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, 
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS, GRASSHOPPERS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, and HENSLOW’S 
SPARROWS. I will include a list of all birds seen from June 1 to June 15 on the 
area. 


Canada Goose 
Wood Duck 
Mallard 
Hooded Merganser 
Ruffed Grouse 
Wild Turkey 
Pied-billed Grebe 
American Bittern 
Least Bittern 
Great Blue Heron 
Green Heron 
Turkey Vulture 
Osprey 
Northern Harrier 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Cooper’s Hawk 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
Broad-winged Hawk 
Red-tailed Hawk 
American Kestrel 
Virginia Rail 
Sora 
Killdeer 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Wilson’s Snipe 
American Woodcock 
Ring-billed Gull 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
Black-billed Cuckoo 
Great Horned Owl 
Common Nighthawk 
Whip-poor-will 
Belted Kingfisher 
Red-headed Woodpecker 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Pileated Woodpecker 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Alder Flycatcher 
Willow Flycatcher 
Least Flycatcher 
Eastern Phoebe 
Great Crested Flycatcher 
Eastern Kingbird 
Yellow-throated Vireo 
Blue-headed Vireo 
Warbling Vireo 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Blue Jay 
American Crow 
Common Raven 
Tree Swallow 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
Bank Swallow 
Cliff Swallow 
Barn Swallow 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
White-breasted Nuthatch 
Brown Creeper 
House Wren 
Winter Wren 
Sedge Wren 
Marsh Wren 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
Eastern Bluebird 
Veery 
Hermit Thrush 
Wood Thrush 
American Robin 
Gray Catbird 
Northern Mockingbird 
Brown Thrasher 
European Starling 
Cedar Waxwing 
Blue-winged Warbler 
Golden-winged Warbler 
“Brewster’s†Warbler 
“Lawrence’s†Warbler 
Nashville Warbler 
Yellow Warbler 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Magnolia Warbler 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Blackburnian Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Prairie Warbler 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Black-and-white Warbler 
American Redstart 
Ovenbird 
Northern Waterthrush 
Mourning Warbler 
Common Yellowthroat 
Canada Warbler 
Scarlet Tanager 
Eastern Towhee 
Chipping Sparrow 
Clay-colored Sparrow 
Field Sparrow 
Vesper Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow 
Grasshopper Sparrow 
Henslow’s Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 
Northern Cardinal 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
Indigo Bunting 
Bobolink 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Eastern Meadowlark 
Common Grackle 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
Baltimore Oriole 
Purple Finch 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow

 Birding is permitted on the base by permit only. For instructions to obtain a 
permit contact Jeff Bolsinger by email (jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com) . 



Madison County
------------

 6/20: An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen and photographed at a feeder in 
Morrisville. The bird also returned the next day. 


Herkimer County
------------

 6/21: An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was heard only from the Third Lake Creek Trail 
north of Old Forge. Also seen and heard were 10 species of warbler. 

     

     

--end transcript
 
--
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y., U.S.A.


      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Perch River WMA Birding
From: "Greg Coniglio" <gconigl3 AT rochester.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:23:56 -0000
I apologize for the delay .. we had a chance to do some quick birding on the 
way to Clayton this Saturday (June 20). We stopped at the Perch River WMA 
Overlook on NY-12 NE of Watertown, and were surprised to find a SNOW GOOSE 
there. He appeared to be intermediate between a White and Blue Snow Goose. Is 
this worthy of a report in June? He appeared to be injuired, whic his probably 
why he was still there. There were also some flyby Black Terns. 


The overlook at Vaadi Rd was very active with Bobolinks feeding young. I 
snapped a photo of a shorebird quick as he stuck his head out of the marsh 
hoping for Least Bittern. When I got home alas it was a Black Crowned Night 
Heron.... 


Also on June 14 we had an Upland Sandpiper on the southbound lane of I-81, just 
south of that outcrop just south of the NY-12 Alexandria Bay exit (Exit 50) 


Good birding!
Greg Coniglio
Alden, NY (Buffalo)
Subject: NNYBirds: Apology
From: Ginny Alfano <jgalfano AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:04:01 -0700 (PDT)
Ooops!  I apologize to all - I had intended for my personal post to Zachary 
Wakeman to be sent just to him and not to the list.  I hit "send" before I 
checked the address bar.  Lesson learned! 

 
Ginny Alfano

Canastota & Constableville, NY
 
 
"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 
'What good is it?'"
 
Aldo Leopold - A Sand County Almanac


      

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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Tug Hill WMA 6-21
From: Ginny Alfano <jgalfano AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:55:51 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Zach,
I know you don't know me, but I am thrilled that you are on the list.  Your 
photography is stunning and I really enjoyed looking at your website.  It's 
always nice to have new people join in.  I'm so happy that you enjoyed your 
time in the Tug Hill.  My husband and I own 20 acres on the Hill that we 
absolutely cherish for it's abundance of birds and wildlife and for its peace 
and quiet.  We go up every weekend and will retire there in about seven years.  
Can't wait!  Most of the birds you mention have been or are regular visitors 
and nesters on our property with the exception of Blackburnian Warbler and 
Olive-sided Flycatcher.  I have been trying to keep track of an Olive-sided 
that I heard at a swamp in back of our property a couple of weeks ago.  I hope 
he sticks around and wasn't just a migrant.  We also have nesting Brown 
Creepers and White-throated Sparrows.  Anyway, I just wanted to say "hi" and 
I'm so glad that you were appreciative 

 of the beautiful Tug Hill.
Take care -



Ginny Alfano
Canastota & Constableville, NY
 
 
"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 
'What good is it?'"
 
Aldo Leopold - A Sand County Almanac

--- On Sun, 6/21/09, Zachary Wakeman  wrote:


From: Zachary Wakeman 
Subject: NNYBirds: Tug Hill WMA 6-21
To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com, oneidabirds AT yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 9:23 PM


I spent from 5:40am-11am driving and hiking around the Tug Hill WMA in Lewis 
county.  Had the whole place to myself for the whole time.  This place is 
amazing.  I have only been seriously birding for two years but I have never 
seen another place packed so full of birds.  Not just many species but many of 
each species. Here is a list of birds actually seen: 

American Robin
cedar waxwing
yellow-throated vireo
wild turkey
grackel
song sparrow
white-throated sparrow
common yellowthroat
chestnut-sided warbler
northern flicker
eastern kingbird
mallard duck
wood duck including chicks
great blue heron
yellow-bellied sapsucker
rose-breasted grosbeak
red-eyed vireo
american goldfinch
american redstart
dark-eyed junco
olive-sided flycatcher
mourning warbler
brown-headed cowbird
swamp sparrow
red-winged blackbird
blackburnian warbler
canada warbler
black + white warbler
black-throated blue warbler
ovenbird
purple finch
magnolia warbler
tree swallow
winter wren
american black duck
black-billed cuckoo (pair)
great-crested flycatcher
black-capped chickadee
least flycatcher
eastern phoebe
*possible philadelphia vireo- smaller and plainer than r/eyed but did not here 
it sing before I lost it 

heard many alder flycatcher and pileated woodpecker but couldn't spot'em



      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Grassland birds/Chateaugay area.
From: "adkbunkhouse" <adkbunkhouse AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:43:51 -0000
Howdy- Took a ride north today. Found:
E. Meadowlarks
Savannah Sparrows
Bobolinks
Bronze headed Cowbirds
Bluebirds
Goldfinches
Great crested Flycatcher
Cedar Waxwings
B. Oriole
Plus all the usual stuff. 
All of these were seen on East and Trout River Rds along the Chateaugay River 
and the U.S./Canada border. The bottomlands along the rivers up there have 
amazing amounts of warblers. Interesting area to say the least. 

All the best- Bill Stahl/Wilmington NY
Subject: Tug Hill WMA 6-21
From: Zachary Wakeman <zachnaturephotos AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:23:08 -0700 (PDT)
I spent from 5:40am-11am driving and hiking around the Tug Hill WMA in Lewis 
county. Had the whole place to myself for the whole time. This place is 
amazing. I have only been seriously birding for two years but I have never seen 
another place packed so full of birds. Not just many species but many of each 
species. Here is a list of birds actually seen: 

American Robin
cedar waxwing
yellow-throated vireo
wild turkey
grackel
song sparrow
white-throated sparrow
common yellowthroat
chestnut-sided warbler
northern flicker
eastern kingbird
mallard duck
wood duck including chicks
great blue heron
yellow-bellied sapsucker
rose-breasted grosbeak
red-eyed vireo
american goldfinch
american redstart
dark-eyed junco
olive-sided flycatcher
mourning warbler
brown-headed cowbird
swamp sparrow
red-winged blackbird
blackburnian warbler
canada warbler
black + white warbler
black-throated blue warbler
ovenbird
purple finch
magnolia warbler
tree swallow
winter wren
american black duck
black-billed cuckoo (pair)
great-crested flycatcher
black-capped chickadee
least flycatcher
eastern phoebe
*possible philadelphia vireo- smaller and plainer than r/eyed but did not here 
it sing before I lost it 

heard many alder flycatcher and pileated woodpecker but couldn't spot'em



      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Tug Hill WMA 6-21
From: Zachary Wakeman <zachnaturephotos AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:23:08 -0700 (PDT)
I spent from 5:40am-11am driving and hiking around the Tug Hill WMA in Lewis 
county. Had the whole place to myself for the whole time. This place is 
amazing. I have only been seriously birding for two years but I have never seen 
another place packed so full of birds. Not just many species but many of each 
species. Here is a list of birds actually seen: 

American Robin
cedar waxwing
yellow-throated vireo
wild turkey
grackel
song sparrow
white-throated sparrow
common yellowthroat
chestnut-sided warbler
northern flicker
eastern kingbird
mallard duck
wood duck including chicks
great blue heron
yellow-bellied sapsucker
rose-breasted grosbeak
red-eyed vireo
american goldfinch
american redstart
dark-eyed junco
olive-sided flycatcher
mourning warbler
brown-headed cowbird
swamp sparrow
red-winged blackbird
blackburnian warbler
canada warbler
black + white warbler
black-throated blue warbler
ovenbird
purple finch
magnolia warbler
tree swallow
winter wren
american black duck
black-billed cuckoo (pair)
great-crested flycatcher
black-capped chickadee
least flycatcher
eastern phoebe
*possible philadelphia vireo- smaller and plainer than r/eyed but did not here 
it sing before I lost it 

heard many alder flycatcher and pileated woodpecker but couldn't spot'em



      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Boreal Birds and more
From: Zachary Wakeman <zachnaturephotos AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:19:43 -0700 (PDT)
Hello all, here is a link to a great website dedicated to nature in the 
Adirondack Park. The main feature starting Monday will be a slideshow featuring 
my photographs from my trip to the Moose River Plains a couple of weeks a go. 
Included are black-backed woodpecker, gray jay, bittern, and more. Check it out 
at http://www.adkparknature.net/ 


Zachary Wakeman 
pulaski, ny
www.zacharywakemanphotography.com


      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Adirondack Birding Festival sightings
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:35:52 -0400
6/19/09 Road Safari: Sabattis Rd. (2 to 5 p.m.)

Thirty people took part in the Sabattis road safari on Friday. We started in 
rain, but it did let up during the 3-hour field trip. I was pleased that we 
found 56 species during a rainy late-afternoon. Two highlights for me included 
an albino Cedar Waxwing and a family of Red Foxes (1 adult and 3 young) that 
stayed in the road for a long time. Here are some of the species found: 


Common Merganser - with young
Common Loon
American Bittern - observed flying out of the marsh by the Round Lake inlet
Broad-winged Hawk - heard and observed
Herring Gull
Chimney Swift - 2 flying over Sabattis Bog
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
14 warbler species including Palm Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow

6/20/09 Road Safari: Moose River Plains (7 a.m. to noon)

Twenty-six people took part in the Moose River Plains road trip. Highlights for 
me included a beautiful view of an Olive-sided Flycatcher through one of the 
participant's scopes, and a Black Bear near Helldiver Pond. Here are some of 
the 53 species found: 


Common Loon
Ruffed Grouse
Broad-winged Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Black-backed Woodpecker - female observed and another bird heard calling nearby 
(this location is just over the bridge at a wetland ~4.5 miles in) 

Olive-sided Flycatcher - several
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Gray Jay - family of 4 (2 juveniles and 2 adults in the Helldiver Pond parking 
area) 

Boreal Chickadee
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Canada Warbler - several

6/20/09 Sacandaga Pathway (3 to 5 p.m.)

Four people took part in the afternoon walk along the Sacandaga Pathway. Some 
of the 30 species found: 


Common Snipe
Eastern Kingbird

6/21/09 Northville-Placid Trail (S) Long Lake (7 to 10 a.m.)

The original plan was to climb Blue Mountain, but the peak was completely 
enveloped in clouds, so we decided to hike the Northville-Placid Trail instead. 
Four people took part in the hike and we found 39 species. A big highlight for 
me was finding a Black Bear along Route 28/30 (at 5:45 a.m.) a couple miles 
outside of Long Lake on my drive to Blue Mountain Lake. Here are some of the 
species found: 


Ruffed Grouse
Black-backed Woodpecker - heard
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Boreal Chickadee - 2 birds observed just past the first brook crossing about 
1/3 mile in. 

Swainson's Thrush
Scarlet Tanager

Joan Collins & Judith Harper - co-leaders
Potsdam & Long Lake; Johnsburg

 




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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Field Sparrow
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:40:12 -0400
Mike/All,

The singing Field Sparrow I found on 6/13/09 was only 7 tenths of a mile from 
your sighting. Also, the wetland you reference is an inlet of Rock Lake called 
Johnny Mack Brook, which originates from the wetland where I found the Field 
Sparrow down the road! 


Joan Collins
Potsdam & Long Lake

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  To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:27 PM
  Subject: NNYBirds: Field Sparrow





  Hi

 I led some trips this weekend for the Hamilton County Birding Festival with 
typical results except for a Field Sparrow at the parking area for Rock Lake on 
Route 28 just to the east overlooking the marsh. Seen and heard by 4 
participants. 


  Mike Moccio
  Indian Lake

  Also relocated the Philadelphia Vireo that Joan posted last week on Friday.



  

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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: OT- Boreal Birds can't breed
From: Laura Smith <arcadiaco AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:13:57 -0400
Hi all,
This is very interesting because I am still observing large flocks of Canada
Geese in high altitude V-formation traveling north as recently as yesterday.
There are 100+ birds in each flock. The first week of June, there were
multiple flocks per day traveling up the Champlain Flyway. Is there any
chance of them successfully nesting this late? We usually start getting the
southbound flocks the last week of August but they continue into late Oct.
Happy Birdin'
Laura Smith
Willsboro Bay

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Brian J. McAllister wrote:

>
>
> Hello All,
>
> A bit off topic...and a bit long, but thought NNY Birders would be
> interested...
>
> Brian McAllister
> Saranac Lake
>
> Big chill in Churchill
>
> Winter grips 90 per cent of north, migratory birds can't breed
>
> By: Robert Alison
>
> 13/06/2009 1:00 AM
>
> It is the winter that refuses to go away in northern Manitoba and most
> of the eastern Arctic.
>
> Prolonged cold snowy conditions in the Hudson Bay area are expected to
> obliterate the breeding season for migratory birds and most other
> species of wildlife this year.
>
> According to Environment Canada, the spring of 2009 is record-late in
> the eastern Arctic with virtually 100 per cent snow cover from James
> Bay north as of June 11.
>
> May temperatures in northern Manitoba were almost four degrees C below
> the long-term average of -0.7, and in early June, temperatures
> averaged three degrees below normal.
>
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration images confirm snow
> and ice blanket all of northern Manitoba, part of northern Ontario and
> almost all of the eastern Arctic as of June 12. U.S. arieal flight
> surveys confirm the eastern Arctic has no sign of spring so far.
>
> "I have lived in Churchill since the 1950s, and this the latest spring
> I have ever seen here," said local resident Pat Penwarden. "The spring
> of 1962 was almost this bad."
>
> Six-foot snowdrifts blocked Churchill-area roads. A thick blanket of
> snow, in places three- and four-feet deep, coated 90 per cent of the
> local taiga in northern Manitoba. Ecotourists, who normally flock to
> northern Manitoba every June to see birds and other wildlife,
> cancelled their plans this June "in droves," according to local
> ecotourist specialists. Snowy conditions are largely to blame.
>
> "It is like a winter landscape," said Ruth Baker, a Michigan tourist
> who spent June 9 to 12 at Churchill. "I couldn't believe the
> snowdrifts, like mountains of snow".
>
> Researchers confirm that the lateness of the spring of 2009 dooms
> local birds to a virtually complete reproductive failure.
>
> According to Robert Jefferies, professor emeritus of botany at the
> University of Toronto, the last time there was a late spring in
> northern Manitoba, in 1983, there was a total reproductive "bust" in
> lesser snow geese. Most species of birds did not nest at all.
>
> Aerial inventories of fall migrant geese from the eastern Arctic that
> year confirmed 0.005 per cent of the fall population comprised
> juvenile birds, compared to the normal figure of over 50 per cent.
>
> According to Cornell University researchers, currently at Churchill,
> shorebird nesting is already three-weeks late, and has yet to start.
>
> The first Canada goose nests were initiated on June 7, more than one
> month later than normal, and probably not early enough to allow
> goslings to mature before the fall migration flight. Canada geese are
> the first birds to nest in northern Manitoba. Many northern birds
> require more than 100 days to nest, incubate young and rear offspring
> to a condition suitable for fall migration.
>
> According to Robert Rockwell of The City University of New York, who
> studies geese in northern Manitoba, if the geese have not begun
> incubating clutches of eggs before June 11, there is almost no chance
> that their offspring will be strong enough to endure the long
> southbound fall flight.
>
> In 1983, that was the case, and 1983 was not nearly as late as 2009.
>
> Research by Hugh Boyd, scientist emeritus at the Canadian Wildlife
> Service, states late Arctic springs reduce northern waterfowl
> production by up to 90 per cent, with very late springs having a
> devastating impact.
>
> According to Vern Thomas, a University of Guelph researcher,
> record-late springs produce "reproductive failures" in northern geese.
>
> "These late springs generate reproductive busts," confirmed Joe Jehl,
> who has studied birds in northern Manitoba since the late 1960s and
> recently retired from the Smithsonian Institution.
>
> Studies at Churchill show that in late springs, female birds delay
> nesting, and rather than starve for lack of food, they re-absorb
> already-formed eggs to benefit from their nutritional content.
>
> Nesting often does not occur under those conditions. In 2004, a late
> spring caused many northern Manitoba migratory birds to abandon
> nesting efforts and head back south in late June, more than two months
> early.
>
> Recent late springs in the Hudson Bay area have been more frequent
> than normal: 2004, 2002, 2000 and 1997.
>
> According to NOAA scientists, although the Arctic is warming, more
> frequent annual oscillations in temperature are likely to occur, often
> resulting in late springs.
>
> "Such major oscillations are part of a bumpy ride toward global
> warming," said Thomas Karl of the National Climate Center. "For awhile
> at least this will be the shape of things to come."
>
> Vegetation is also impacted upon by late Arctic springs, with green-up
> about three weeks late this year. Consequently, herbivorous animals
> have delayed breeding
>
> "People often confuse climate with weather, and this spring is a
> weather phenomenon," said an Environment Canada spokesperson.
>
> Robert Alison is a Victoria-based wildlife biologist and writer with a
> PhD in zoology.
>
> 
>



-- 
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Subject: NNYBirds: Field Sparrow
From: "mjpm06901" <mjpm3 AT aol.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:27:29 -0000
Hi

I led some trips this weekend for the Hamilton County Birding Festival with 
typical results except for a Field Sparrow at the parking area for Rock Lake on 
Route 28 just to the east overlooking the marsh. Seen and heard by 4 
participants. 


Mike Moccio
Indian Lake

Also relocated the Philadelphia Vireo that Joan posted last week on Friday.
Subject: NNYBirds: OT- Boreal Birds can't breed
From: "Brian J. McAllister" <birder64 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:04:57 -0000
Hello All,

A bit off topic...and a bit long, but thought NNY Birders would be 
interested... 


Brian McAllister
Saranac Lake

Big chill in Churchill

Winter grips 90 per cent of north, migratory birds can't breed

By: Robert Alison

13/06/2009 1:00 AM

It is the winter that refuses to go away in northern Manitoba and most
of the eastern Arctic.

Prolonged cold snowy conditions in the Hudson Bay area are expected to
obliterate the breeding season for migratory birds and most other
species of wildlife this year.

According to Environment Canada, the spring of 2009 is record-late in
the eastern Arctic with virtually 100 per cent snow cover from James
Bay north as of June 11.

May temperatures in northern Manitoba were almost four degrees C below
the long-term average of -0.7, and in early June, temperatures
averaged three degrees below normal.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration images confirm snow
and ice blanket all of northern Manitoba, part of northern Ontario and
almost all of the eastern Arctic as of June 12. U.S. arieal flight
surveys confirm the eastern Arctic has no sign of spring so far.

"I have lived in Churchill since the 1950s, and this the latest spring
I have ever seen here," said local resident Pat Penwarden. "The spring
of 1962 was almost this bad."

Six-foot snowdrifts blocked Churchill-area roads. A thick blanket of
snow, in places three- and four-feet deep, coated 90 per cent of the
local taiga in northern Manitoba. Ecotourists, who normally flock to
northern Manitoba every June to see birds and other wildlife,
cancelled their plans this June "in droves," according to local
ecotourist specialists. Snowy conditions are largely to blame.

"It is like a winter landscape," said Ruth Baker, a Michigan tourist
who spent June 9 to 12 at Churchill. "I couldn't believe the
snowdrifts, like mountains of snow".

Researchers confirm that the lateness of the spring of 2009 dooms
local birds to a virtually complete reproductive failure.

According to Robert Jefferies, professor emeritus of botany at the
University of Toronto, the last time there was a late spring in
northern Manitoba, in 1983, there was a total reproductive "bust" in
lesser snow geese. Most species of birds did not nest at all.

Aerial inventories of fall migrant geese from the eastern Arctic that
year confirmed 0.005 per cent of the fall population comprised
juvenile birds, compared to the normal figure of over 50 per cent.

According to Cornell University researchers, currently at Churchill,
shorebird nesting is already three-weeks late, and has yet to start.

The first Canada goose nests were initiated on June 7, more than one
month later than normal, and probably not early enough to allow
goslings to mature before the fall migration flight. Canada geese are
the first birds to nest in northern Manitoba. Many northern birds
require more than 100 days to nest, incubate young and rear offspring
to a condition suitable for fall migration.

According to Robert Rockwell of The City University of New York, who
studies geese in northern Manitoba, if the geese have not begun
incubating clutches of eggs before June 11, there is almost no chance
that their offspring will be strong enough to endure the long
southbound fall flight.

In 1983, that was the case, and 1983 was not nearly as late as 2009.

Research by Hugh Boyd, scientist emeritus at the Canadian Wildlife
Service, states late Arctic springs reduce northern waterfowl
production by up to 90 per cent, with very late springs having a
devastating impact.

According to Vern Thomas, a University of Guelph researcher,
record-late springs produce "reproductive failures" in northern geese.

"These late springs generate reproductive busts," confirmed Joe Jehl,
who has studied birds in northern Manitoba since the late 1960s and
recently retired from the Smithsonian Institution.

Studies at Churchill show that in late springs, female birds delay
nesting, and rather than starve for lack of food, they re-absorb
already-formed eggs to benefit from their nutritional content.

Nesting often does not occur under those conditions. In 2004, a late
spring caused many northern Manitoba migratory birds to abandon
nesting efforts and head back south in late June, more than two months
early.

Recent late springs in the Hudson Bay area have been more frequent
than normal: 2004, 2002, 2000 and 1997.

According to NOAA scientists, although the Arctic is warming, more
frequent annual oscillations in temperature are likely to occur, often
resulting in late springs.

"Such major oscillations are part of a bumpy ride toward global
warming," said Thomas Karl of the National Climate Center. "For awhile
at least this will be the shape of things to come."

Vegetation is also impacted upon by late Arctic springs, with green-up
about three weeks late this year. Consequently, herbivorous animals
have delayed breeding

"People often confuse climate with weather, and this spring is a
weather phenomenon," said an Environment Canada spokesperson.

Robert Alison is a Victoria-based wildlife biologist and writer with a
PhD in zoology.
Subject: NNYBirds: Louisiana Waterthrush in Russell, St. Lawrence County
From: "jsbolsinger" <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:29:51 -0000
This morning I found one singing male Louisiana Waterthrush in Downerville 
State Forest, town of Russell. I found Louisiana Waterthrushes here during the 
Breeding Bird Atlas and hadn't been back for a while until this year, but I had 
failed to find any on two visits here in May. Directions: take County Rt. 24 
south/west from it's intersection with County Rt. 25 for 1-2 miles (sorry, I 
forgot to measure distances). Turn left at the DEC sign (on the right) pointing 
to Downerville State Forest and drive down the dirt road 1 to 1.5 miles to the 
first gravel road on the right; this will be maybe 100 yards past a small marsh 
the road crosses. Turn right and follow the gravel road a mile or so to the 
Grass River and park; the last stretch of this road is fairly steep. This 
morning the waterthrush was singing along the small creek that enters the river 
less than 100 yards upstream from the parking area, but in the past I've also 
heard one singing from the small island opposite the location where the creek 
enters the river. I heard 13 species of warbler in the forest this morning, 
including at least 6 Mourning Warblers along the road to the river. 


Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Fort Drum birds
From: "jsbolsinger" <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:15:58 -0000
I've been meaning to post an update to the Fort Drum Fish and Wildlife web page 
about what Amy Finfera (my seasonal wildlife tech) and I have been seeing on 
Fort Drum lately, but have had trouble finding the time to do so. I finally 
wrote something up this week, which can be found at the following link: 



http://www.drum.army.mil/garrison/pw/pdf/Environmental/NatResources/FishAndWild/Wildlife%20Viewing%20Report%20-%2017Jun2009.pdf 


Among the species mentioned in the update are American Bittern, Short-eared Owl 
(probable nesting), both cuckoos, Whip-poor-will, Common Nighthawk, Red-headed 
Woodpecker, Sedge Wren, Golden-winged Warbler, and Clay-colored and Henslow's 
Sparrows. Somehow one detail was dropped from the post, which I will include 
here: the only location where we've found Sedge Wrens so far is in Training 
Area 12B south of Poagland Road near the western edge of the installation. 
Locations for the remaining species I listed above can be found at the provided 
link. 


Speaking of Sedge Wrens, a few have moved into the area during the past couple 
of weeks. Tuesday morning I heard one in Antwerp from Rt. 11 about a mile 
southwest of Fox Ranch Road; this was the fourth Sedge Wren I've found this 
month (after none in May). 


Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Potsdam birds
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:24:06 -0400
On walks with our dogs this week behind our home in Potsdam:

6/18/09 - we startled a Green Heron as we crossed Plum Brook (they are as loud 
as startled Ruff Grouse) 

6/17/09 - I observed 2 juvenile Common Grackles being fed by an adult - 
adorable and loud! 

6/16/09 - I observed a Golden-winged Warbler carrying food for young in the 
shrub along the trail 


Joan Collins
Potsdam & Long Lake

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Subject: NNYBirds: Pawley-Piseco Road
From: Diane Parrish <dianeparrish87 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
We're sorry we were not clear.  The Pawley-Piseco Road IS OPEN.  There is no 
dirt pile. 

Gary and Diane Parrish



      

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Subject: NNYBirds: American Woodcock and Savannah Sparrow
From: Joan Howlett <hobeauworks AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:15:47 -0400
Ann Beaulieu and I observed an American Woodcock just off the grass on 
the fringe of woods at the entrance to Cole's Creek State Park around 
noon on 6/16/09. Then saw a male Savannah Sparrow singing on post and 
grass along gravel road just west of Wilson Hill entrance off RT 37 in 
Massena. Joan Howlett
Subject: NNYBirds: Prescription Sunglasses, Indian Creek
From: Joan Howlett <hobeauworks AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:59 -0400
I found a pair of women's prescription sunglasses just off the path to 
the observation tower off the main entrance to Indian Creek Nature 
Center. If they're yours, get in touch. Joan Howlett
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:18:39 -0400
Julie,

"My" Chickadees are wolfing down mealworms almost as quickly as the 
Bluebirds. You may want to consider getting some. You can move the 
feeder quite close to the house for easy observation.

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

Julie wrote:
> Thanks Dana & all for the reply about the wrens. I'm inclined to thing that I 
have 2 males also. Luckily the chickadees have hatched. They are the cutest 
little things. I'd never seen baby chickadees & this is the 1st nesting in my 
yard.... 

> 
> Julie Lattrell,
> Keeseville
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Dana Rohleder 
>   To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:09 PM
>   Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Julie,
> 
>   If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say two males. On my property, males 
>   seem to show up first and fill any boxes with sticks and start to defend 
>   territories. Then the females come along later and seem to choose the 
>   site from the choices the selected male presents to her. Unfortunately, 
>   they then begin to destroy the eggs of other species that have nested in 
>   neighboring boxes - particularly Chickadees.
> 
>   I try to keep them busy removing sticks until the Chickadees have 
>   hatched, then let them nest wherever they want. At that point, they 
>   don't seem too concerned about the other species and they usually crank 
>   out a batch of wrenlets.
> 
>   Dana Rohleder
>   Port Kent, NY
> 
>   Julie wrote:
>   > Hi all,
>   > 
> > Does anyone know if the female and male wrens sing back & forth. I have 2 
wrens in my backyard, but both are singing & I couldn't find any information 
about that. A nest of twigs has been built and I see one of them going in and 
out. 

> > I've seen one chasing the other too. Do you think I have 2 males or a male 
and a female? 

>   > 
>   > Thanks,
>   > Julie Lattrell,
>   > Keeseville
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> All postings to Northern_NY_Birds are protected by copyright law.
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
From: "Julie" <mcjbird AT charter.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:53:49 -0400
Thanks Dana & all for the reply about the wrens. I'm inclined to thing that I 
have 2 males also. Luckily the chickadees have hatched. They are the cutest 
little things. I'd never seen baby chickadees & this is the 1st nesting in my 
yard.... 


Julie Lattrell,
Keeseville
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dana Rohleder 
  To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:09 PM
  Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior





  Julie,

  If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say two males. On my property, males 
  seem to show up first and fill any boxes with sticks and start to defend 
  territories. Then the females come along later and seem to choose the 
  site from the choices the selected male presents to her. Unfortunately, 
  they then begin to destroy the eggs of other species that have nested in 
  neighboring boxes - particularly Chickadees.

  I try to keep them busy removing sticks until the Chickadees have 
  hatched, then let them nest wherever they want. At that point, they 
  don't seem too concerned about the other species and they usually crank 
  out a batch of wrenlets.

  Dana Rohleder
  Port Kent, NY

  Julie wrote:
  > Hi all,
  > 
 > Does anyone know if the female and male wrens sing back & forth. I have 2 
wrens in my backyard, but both are singing & I couldn't find any information 
about that. A nest of twigs has been built and I see one of them going in and 
out. 

 > I've seen one chasing the other too. Do you think I have 2 males or a male 
and a female? 

  > 
  > Thanks,
  > Julie Lattrell,
  > Keeseville



  

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Subject: NNYBirds: Peregrine Falcon/Wilmington
From: "adkbunkhouse" <adkbunkhouse AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:34:05 -0000
Had a P. Falcon stoop unsuccesfully on a small flock of Starlings in my 
backyard "downtown" Wilmington this evening before dinner. Not the first time. 
Happens often having breeding pairs up the road. (rt. 86) 


Bill Stahl
Wilmington NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Earring Found at Massawepie
From: "adkmurray" <adkmurray AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:12:47 -0000
We found an earring at Massawepie Mire near the first bridge and since many of 
those visiting the area are birders, we thought we'd post it on here. It 
doesn't look like it has been there very long so if anyone lost it, please let 
us know. 

Carol Murray
Long Lake, NY
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:09:27 -0400
Julie,

If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say two males. On my property, males 
seem to show up first and fill any boxes with sticks and start to defend 
territories. Then the females come along later and seem to choose the 
site from the choices the selected male presents to her. Unfortunately, 
they then begin to destroy the eggs of other species that have nested in 
neighboring boxes - particularly Chickadees.

I try to keep them busy removing sticks until the Chickadees have 
hatched, then let them nest wherever they want. At that point, they 
don't seem too concerned about the other species and they usually crank 
out a batch of wrenlets.

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

Julie wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know if the female and male wrens sing back & forth. I have 2 
wrens in my backyard, but both are singing & I couldn't find any information 
about that. A nest of twigs has been built and I see one of them going in and 
out. 

> I've seen one chasing the other too. Do you think I have 2 males or a male 
and a female? 

> 
> Thanks,
> Julie Lattrell,
> Keeseville
Subject: NNYBirds: Whippoorwill and Screech Owl Canton
From: "adk3356" <adk3356 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:43:49 -0000
This summer Eileen and I have heard an Eastern Screech Owl from our home on the 
Pink Schoolhouse Road a number of nights, including last night. 

Also last night, about 945 pm we heard a very loud whippoorwill on County Route 
21 1.7 miles east (toward Canton) of the hamlet of Hermon. 


Tom Wheeler
Canton
Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
From: Brian McAllister <birder64 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:36:15 -0700 (PDT)
Julie,
 
Here's a good website from Cornell that might have your answer.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Wren/sounds

Brian McAllister
Saranac Lake

--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Julie  wrote:


From: Julie 
Subject: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
To: "BIRDS" 
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 12:18 PM








Hi all,

Does anyone know if the female and male wrens sing back & forth. I have 2 wrens 
in my backyard, but both are singing & I couldn't find any information about 
that. A nest of twigs has been built and I see one of them going in and out. 

I've seen one chasing the other too. Do you think I have 2 males or a male and 
a female? 


Thanks,
Julie Lattrell,
Keeseville

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Subject: NNYBirds: Wren behavior
From: "Julie" <mcjbird AT charter.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:18:54 -0400
Hi all,

Does anyone know if the female and male wrens sing back & forth. I have 2 wrens 
in my backyard, but both are singing & I couldn't find any information about 
that. A nest of twigs has been built and I see one of them going in and out. 

I've seen one chasing the other too. Do you think I have 2 males or a male and 
a female? 


Thanks,
Julie Lattrell,
Keeseville


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Subject: Re: NNYBirds: Red-breasted Merganser
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:41:57 -0400
Diane,

Why is the entrance blocked? Is the road in bad shape?

Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

Diane Parrish wrote:
> After ignoring two messages on the internet saying that the Powley-Piseco 
Road was closed by a big pile of dirt at the northern end, spent most of the 
day traveling slowly the 19 miles from Stratford to the end of the road.
Subject: NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA
From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:41:01 -0700 (PDT)
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  June 15, 2009
*  NYSY 1506.09
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 08,  2009 - June 15, 2009
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:June 15 AT5:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#158 -Monday June 15, 2009
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 08 , 
2009 

 
Highlights:
-----------

LEAST BITTERN
RED CROSSBILL
BLACK TERN
BLACK VULTURE
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
GREAT EGRET
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW



Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
------------

 6/13: Up to 20 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the Knox-Marcellus 
Marsh on East Road. 1 LEAST BITTERN was heard from Towpath Road. 2 more LEAST 
BITTERNS were heard on Railroad Road. 7 GREAT EGRETS continue at Mays Point 
Pool, and numerous BLACK TERNS were seen at Tschache Pool. 



Madison County
------------

     A belated report  records a RED CROSSBILL on 6/05 at the Nelson Swamp.


Oswego County
------------

 6/09: A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen on Silk Road near the Oswego County 
airport. On Howard Road, also near the airport< 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were 
observed. Nearby at the Co. Rt. 6 wetland north of Co. Rt .3 a LEAST BITTERN 
was heard. Also in the wetland COOT, PIED-BILLED GREBE, COMMON MOORHEN and 
TRUMPETER SWAN were seen. 



Onondaga County
------------

     6/07: A BLACK VULTURE was seen flying over the Syracuse Regional Market.
 6/11: A large number of CLIFF SWALLOWS were found nesting on the Hampton Inn 
Hotel on Rt. 31 in the Town of Clay. 


    

--end transcript
 
--
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y., U.S.A.


      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Red-breasted Merganser
From: Diane Parrish <dianeparrish87 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:34:18 -0700 (PDT)
After ignoring two messages on the internet saying that the Powley-Piseco Road 
was closed by a big pile of dirt at the northern end, spent most of the day 
traveling slowly the 19 miles from Stratford to the end of the road.  The most 
exciting sighting was a female Red-breasted Merganser. She was sitting on a 
rock by the bridge at the end of the hard-top road where the dirt road begins.  
She quacked frequently for about 10 minutes, then flew down stream. A beautiful 
bird.  We also saw, * means heard only: 


Many Robins
Red-winged Blackbirds
Swallow
* many Red-eyed Vireos
Flicker
Catbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker eating caterpillers from a pine tree
Female Turkey with 6 young
*many Common Yellow-throats
*many White-throated Sparrows
Turkey Vulture
Least Flycatcher
black squirrel
many Yellow Swallow-tailed Butterflies
4 birders
Only two cars all day.

Gary and Diane in Clinton




      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Hamilton County birds
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:42:01 -0400
6/12/09 Long Lake

In the evening, An American Bittern was heard vocalizing down the hill from our 
house (second year in a row that I've heard one from this location). 


6/13/09 Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) starting just north of Lewey Lake, north 
through Indian Lake and southeast to North River (48 to 66 degrees, some early 
fog, clear, calm winds) 


I found a total of 66 species on this BBS route. (4 flycatcher, 5 thrush, 15 
warbler, 5 sparrow species) Some of the species tallied: 


Osprey - nest along Route 28 - a very loud place to nest!
Broad-winged Hawk
Philadelphia Vireo - each year, I find this species within the first several 
stops on this route. This bird was roughly 2.5 miles north of the bridge over 
the inlet connecting Lewey Lake and Indian Lake on Route 30. 

Brown Thrasher - a surprise in Indian Lake's village
Northern Waterthrush
Canada Warbler - (found at the same stop as the waterthrush)
Indigo Bunting - several
Evening Grosbeak - a pair found at the same location as last year along 
Cleveland Road in North River (within the first 1/2 mile). I found them 
foraging in the road, as I did last year! 


Snowshoe Hare: I saw hares on the nocturnal drive to the start of the route, 
and I also startled a hare at one of my points on Cleveland Road - the hare ran 
into the woods then back to an area with blowdown, then into the woods - back 
and forth multiple times! I suspect it had young in the blowdown. I observed 
hares on the nocturnal drive to Sunday's BBS route also. We saw 2 that I 
recently posted for Massawepie, and I've been seeing hares behind our house in 
Potsdam. It is somewhat unusual to be "seeing" so many hares. I spoke with 
Peter O'Shea today, and he has lots of reports indicating snowshoe hares are 
abundant this year. I also heard coyotes howling at 2 different stop points on 
Route 28. 


On my drive back to Long Lake after finishing the route, I stopped at a BBS 
point for the following day's count (a point that often has interesting species 
each year) between Indian Lake and Blue Mountain Lake and found a singing Field 
Sparrow! (There are only 3 possible records listed for Hamilton County during 
the second Atlas.) During Sunday's BBS route, I did not hear the bird again, so 
it wasn't tallied. I'll be passing this location again on Saturday, and will 
stop to listen again. This is the first Field Sparrow I've ever heard in 
Hamilton Co. 


6/14/09 BBS route starting at Wakely Dam, northeast to Route 28, and northwest 
to Blue Mountain Lake, ending on Route 28/30 toward Long Lake (48 to 61 
degrees, some early fog, clear, calm winds) 


I found 58 species on this BBS route. (4 flycatcher, 5 thrush, 16 warbler, 5 
sparrow species) Some of the species found: 


Ruffed Grouse
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow Warbler - marshes near Lake Durant
Northern Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Indigo Bunting

Wild Turkey and Canada Goose regularly show up on the routes now. There used to 
be a field along Cedar River Road where I would tally Savannah Sparrows, but 
the field has become mowed lawn, and it's a fairly quiet stop now. I find it 
interesting to observe the impact of such habitat changes year to year. 


Between the 2 BBS routes, 75 different species were found.

After Sunday's BBS route, I canoed Mud Pond in the Cedarlands Boy Scout area on 
the western side of Long Lake (2 p.m. to 3 p.m.). I've been wanting to do this 
canoe trip in June for several years, and finally did it. I don't think all the 
legal issues have been settled for access, but there is an official public 
parking area, such that it is (don't go in a low clearance car). There is a 
short section of dirt road owned by the Long Lake Arts Camp that the state was 
not aware of when they bought the easement. You can drive your canoe to the 
metal gate where the dirt road is marked as the "trail", then drive back 1/3 
mile to the parking area. You still need to carry the canoe (3 to 4 tenths of a 
mile) to the put-in for Mud Pond (which really should be called a "lake"). The 
logging mess in the area was disturbing, and the dirt road (trail) seemed 
unstable and washed-out (it would be difficult to even ride a bicycle on it). 
But Mud Pond is just beautiful! Here are some of the species found: 


Broad-winged Hawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher - singing - to the northwest of the bog/marshes between 
McRorie Lake & Mud Pond (Mosquito Pond drains into this area) I was making my 
way through channels trying to reach the area where they were vocalizing, but 
the giant black clouds moving in turned me around. 

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Lincoln's Sparrow

I suspect that Palm Warblers are also on the west side of Mud Pond, but I did 
not hear any vocalize during my canoe trip. It is so lovely to canoe around all 
the bog plants and watch the beaver activity. I would have spent more time on 
this canoe trip if the storms were not moving in. 


Joan Collins
Potsdam & Long Lake

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Subject: NNYBirds: Rouses Point/Fort Montgomery, June 13
From: "Martha Fuller Stahl" <martfull AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:11:22 -0000
This afternoon Bill and I took the kids, 3 years old and 6 months, canoeing 
around Fort Montgomery. When we got to the parking area next to the bridge to 
VT CLIFF SWALLOWS were dipping in a mud puddle and flying under the bridge to 
make nests. They were joined at the puddle by goldfinches drinking. 


On our paddle we saw:

red winged blackbirds
mallards
ring billed gull
common grackle
english house sparrow (nesting under the bridge)
song sparrow
cedar waxwing
oriole
E. kingbird
yellow warbler
double crested cormorant
green heron
great blu heron
wood duck
robin
downy woodpecker
Canada geese
N. Cardinal
catbird
alder flycatcher
rock dove (flew out one of the windows of fort and scared the livng daylights 
out of me!) 


We heard a lot of warblers in the trees along the lake, and BIll wished we had 
some of you along to help identify them by their calls! We were amazed to see 
some many birds, considering how much noise the kids were making! 


Martha Stahl
Wilmington
Subject: NNYBirds: Adirondack Birding Adventures
From: Zachary Wakeman <zachnaturephotos AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:16:20 -0700 (PDT)
I spent Saturday and Sunday at the Adirondack Birding Festival. Saturday my 
wife and I attended the banding program, afterwards we went for a walk on the 
boreal life trail highlights were: 


Paul Smiths-Boreal Life Trail:
Palm Warbler
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Blue-headed Vireo
Broad-winged Hawk

Afterwards I headed to Massawapie Mire-highlights:

Palm Warbler (apx 25!)
Raven
Lincoln Sparrow
Black-backed Woodpecker pair (found nest cavity)

Sunday-Osgood River Trip Highlights:

Gray Jay family (4) and later two more sightings of lone adults
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Palm Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lincoln Sparrow
thanks, Bernie

Monday afternoon I headed to the Moose River Plains for some photography, 
birding, exploration and camping highlight over the four days were as follow: 


Gray Jay family of 4- Helldiver Pond and at my campsite about a 1/4 mile from 
there (got some great photos) 

Boreal Chickadee- heard or saw them everyday spots include my campsite, 
Helldiver Pond trail, Icehouse Pond trail, Wakely Mt. summit 

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher- Mitchell Ponds trail
Black-backed Woodpecker pair at nest in forest near Icehouse Pond- I was able 
to set up my blind in early morning darkness and get some great photos given 
the miserable conditions 

Merlin- along the road about a 1/5 from Helldiver

Especially enjoyable was the amount of bird activity on Wakely's summit 
Wednesday morning. All birds were very active and present the whole time except 
Bicknells which stopped singing ten minutes after I got there. Spent from 
6:20-8:20am up there 

Bicknells Thrush (heard only)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blackpoll Warbler
Junco
W-T Sparrow
Y-R Warbler
Boreal Chickadee
Winter Wren 

Cedar River Flow had 25 species including Lincoln Sparrow and numerous Alder 
flycatcher (along Cedar River) back out at the marsh I actually called in an 
American Bittern doing my own impersonation (must be pretty good) 

Also vistited Beaver Lake (bald eagle, loons), Whites Pond, and Lost Pond.  

Zachary Wakeman-Pulaski
www.zacharywakemanphotography.com
(don't have any of my boreal birds shots up yet)


      

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Subject: NNYBirds: OT--Opportunities to Observe Bicknell's Thrush
From: Julie Hart <jhart AT vtecostudies.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:42:05 -0400
With the Adirondack Birding Festival sadly over, and the rain due to 
leave the area by the weekend, here are a couple opportunities to 
observe that rare boreal songster, the Bicknell's Thrush. The only 
monitoring program designed to survey high-elevation birds, Mountain 
Birdwatch is looking for one-time volunteers to survey on the following 
mountains (nearest town):

Debar (Paul Smiths)
Gore ski area (North Creek)
Santanoni (Tahawus)
Wakely (Indian Lake)

If you are interested in an early-morning mountain adventure in the 
Adirondacks and the opportunity to detect a Bicknell's Thrush, and you 
have a free morning between now and June 21, please contact me off -list 
for more details.

-Julie

-- 
Julie Hart
Mountain Birdwatch Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 x 6
http://www.vtecostudies.org/MBW/   




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Subject: NNYBirds: Common Nighthawk in Dekalb
From: "jsbolsinger" <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:33:51 -0000
On my drive home from work this afternoon (at about 4:30) I saw a Common 
Nighthawk foraging over Rt. 11 about 0.25 mile east of the intersection with 
Rt. 812 in Dekalb. I routinely see nighthawks on and near Fort Drum, but don't 
see them much in St. Lawrence County during the breeding season. 


Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Initiative
From: "jchernek23" <jchernek23 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:22:27 -0000
Hello,

My name is Joseph Chernek and I am currently working on a conservation 
initiative project for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology located in Ithaca, NY. 
The project is titled the Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Initiative and it 
was formed because Golden-winged Warbler polutations have declined rangewide by 
3.1% per year and up to 16% per year in some states over the last 40 years 
(USGS Breeding Bird Survey). They attribute these population declines to loss 
of breeding habitat due to forest maturation, migratory/wintering habitat loss, 
hybridization with the Blue-winged Warbler, and climate change. It breeds in 
open-canopy shrublands with grassy or herbaceous patches, often including a 
forest edge. 

 
Last year we surveyed upstate New York to see where populations of 
Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers are. It is believed that Golden-winged 
Warbler's that have not hybridized with other species still live in upstate New 
York. This year we have been observing and catching Golden-winged Warbler's, 
Blue-winged-Warbler's, Brewster's Warbler's (hybrid of the Golden-winged and 
Blue-winged Warbler), and introgressed birds to see exactly what types of 
habitat each species uses and to collect data that will be used to study the 
birds genes and its annual range movements. 

 
We begin our work by observing the bird for 15 minutes to develop a central 
habitat that each bird is using. We then capture the bird by playing a 
recording of its mating song that is setup near a mist-net. After we catch the 
bird we put a U.S. Geological Survey bird band on its leg, collect a blood 
sample, toe-nail sample, feather samples, and take a photograph. We usually 
have the bird in-hand for about five to seven minutes and then release it. To 
complete the study we will return to the area that we determined to be the 
birds central habitat and perform a vegetation survey of the habitat the bird 
was using. 

 
We have collected enough data on Golden-winged Warbler's but we still need to 
collect more data on Blue-winged Warbler's. I was wondering if anybody knew of 
specific locations of Blue-winged Warbler's in St. Lawrence County, New York 
and were willing to let us perform the above protocol, then please contact me. 
My email is jchernek23 AT yahoo.com. 


Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Joseph Chernek
Subject: RE: NNYBirds: images from the weekend
From: "Dennis Donohue" <ddonohue AT through-my-lens.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:25:52 -0400
Very nice shots Larry!

 

Denny

 

From: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Master
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:04 PM
To: Northern_NY_Birds AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: NNYBirds: images from the weekend

 






I spent several very enjoyable hours yesterday morning watching and
photographing Black-backed Woodpeckers feeding young at the nest cavity seen
by many this past weekend on the Bloomingdale Bog field trips at the Great
Adirondack Birding Festival. Some images are posted at
http://www.masterimages.org/Birds/Black-backed%20Woodpecker/index.html 

During three hours standing in one spot watching the nest, the following
birds were also noted:

Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray Jay

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Warblers: Nashville, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped,
Black-throated Green
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

On Sunday I continued an inventory of birds at our new farm on River Road in
Lake Placid. After only a couple of days of inventory effort over the past
two weeks (including the morning of May 30 with Sean O'Brien), the bird list
stands at 78 species including the following nesting species: American
Bittern, Hooded & Common Mergansers, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Spotted Sandpiper,
R-t Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, 4 woodpeckers including Sapsucker,
Pileated, Hairy, & Black-backed, Alder Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Veery, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, Indigo
Bunting, 6 sparrow species including Lincoln's and Savannah, and at least 16
warbler species plus migrant Orange-crowned (May 30) and Blackpoll (May 30).
This location was also the only confirmed nesting site for Cape May Warbler
during either of the two Atlas projects, but we have not seen the species
here the past two weeks. A pair of Rusty Blackbirds seemed to be
prospecting for a nest site here in mid-May but regrettably have not been
seen since. Sunday morning images of one of several Mourning Warbler males
are posted here:
http://www.masterimages.org/Birds/Mourning%20Warbler/index.html . 

Larry Master

Lake Placid

www.masterimages.org  

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Subject: NNYBirds: images from the weekend
From: "Larry Master" <larry AT masterimages.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:03:39 -0400
I spent several very enjoyable hours yesterday morning watching and
photographing Black-backed Woodpeckers feeding young at the nest cavity seen
by many this past weekend on the Bloomingdale Bog field trips at the Great
Adirondack Birding Festival.  Some images are posted at
http://www.masterimages.org/Birds/Black-backed%20Woodpecker/index.html  

 

During three hours standing in one spot watching the nest, the following
birds were also noted:

Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray Jay

Blue Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Warblers: Nashville, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped,
Black-throated Green
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

 

On Sunday I continued an inventory of birds at our new farm on River Road in
Lake Placid.  After only a couple of days of inventory effort over the past
two weeks (including the morning of May 30 with Sean O'Brien), the bird list
stands at 78 species including the following nesting species: American
Bittern, Hooded & Common Mergansers, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Spotted Sandpiper,
R-t Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, 4 woodpeckers including Sapsucker,
Pileated, Hairy, & Black-backed, Alder Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Veery, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, Indigo
Bunting, 6 sparrow species including Lincoln's and Savannah, and at least 16
warbler species plus migrant Orange-crowned (May 30) and Blackpoll (May 30).
This location was also the only confirmed nesting site for Cape May Warbler
during either of the two Atlas projects, but we have not seen the species
here the past two weeks.  A pair of Rusty Blackbirds seemed to be
prospecting for a nest site here in mid-May but regrettably have not been
seen since.  Sunday morning images of one of several Mourning Warbler males
are posted here:
http://www.masterimages.org/Birds/Mourning%20Warbler/index.html .  

 

Larry Master

Lake Placid

www.masterimages.org   

 



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Subject: NNYBirds: NYSYBC field trip to Massawepie Mire
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:33:56 -0400
6/7/09 Massawepie Mire in SE St. Lawrence Co. (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

Northern NY Audubon, in partnership with the NYS Young Birders' Club, held a 
field trip at Massawepie Mire on Sunday. It was chilly when we started (temps 
in the 40s), but it warmed up into the 50s during our hike. We were very 
fortunate to have calm winds during the entire trip, and just as we sat down to 
a nice lunch at the "Thirsty Moose (Pub & Grub)" in Childwold after the trip, 
the rain began! (The Thirsty Moose is just a couple miles from Massawepie and 
the only place to eat in this area. It had quite a long menu for a place in the 
middle of nowhere!) There were swarms of mosquitoes and most people wore 
headnets. When the mosquitoes died down on our hike out, the black flies 
emerged! 


We began the trip birding around the South Branch of the Grass River near the 
parking area. Just as we were about to head back toward the mire, I heard a 
distant, singing Olive-sided Flycatcher (SE of the clearing over the bridge). I 
don't know if it would be legal to hike toward the Olive-sided Flycatchers, but 
I suspect it would not be legal. We hiked into the mire as far as the second 
bridge over Silver Brook for a round trip distance over 6 miles. We did not 
have time to hike the Mountaineer Trail. Seventy species were found throughout 
the morning (with a Broad-winged Hawk found on the drive to the Thirsty Moose - 
it was clinging to the side of a dead snag in a Pileated Woodpecker-type 
position!). Here are some of the species found (for those on the NYS Birds list 
serve, Hope Batcheller posted all 70 species): 


Ruffed Grouse
Common Loon - 2 on one of the ponds along the drive in
Black-backed Woodpecker - female flying back and forth over the South Branch of 
the Grass River (about 1.5 miles into the mire) on our hike out - we suspect it 
had a nearby nest (it was flying back and forth as we watched all the Gray 
Jays!) 

Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (location described above)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Great-crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo (heard by one of the students near the entrance) (just a 
note: I personally only post this species when I actually see it) 

Gray Jay - 7! Herb Thompson was hiking ahead of us on the way out, and found 
Gray Jays at the bridge over the S. Branch of the Grass River - he signaled for 
us to be quiet as we approached, and we found 2 families of Gray Jays with at 
least 7 birds observed at once. One family with 3 juveniles (1 adult observed) 
was on one side of the river, and across from them was another family with 2 
adults and 2 juveniles observed. It was Gray Jay heaven! This was also a life 
bird for Herb, so that made it even more exciting! 

Common Raven (a piercing juvenile scream was heard on our drive out)
Tree Swallow - only 1 observed at the mire
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Warblers (17 species; it would have been 18 if we had found the Northern 
Waterthrush singing which we did not): Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, 
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated 
Green, Blackburnian, Pine, Palm, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Ovenbird, 
Mourning, Common Yellowthroat, and Canada) 

Scarlet Tanager
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin

Palm Warblers were observed feeding young and we observed a juvenile with a 
stubby tail. We saw a couple snowshoe hares, and one had back legs that were 
still white! 


I can't even begin to convey how inspiring it was to hike with such wonderful 
teenage birders. There are so many things competing for young people's 
attention these days, but the students on this hike were intensely dedicated to 
learning all about wildlife (two of them plan to major in wildlife biology in 
college). The NYS Young Birders' Club is a new organization (under a year old), 
and is open to birders age 10 to 19. If you know of any serious young birders, 
please let them know about this organization. Audubon Chapters and bird clubs 
around NY can sign on as partners with the NYSYBC and lead at least one field 
trip a year for young birders from around the state. The NYSYBC web site is 
located at: http://www.nysyoungbirders.org/ I would also like to note that the 
young birders on the trip have remarkable support from their parents. The 
parents support their children's passions by driving them all over New York 
State for field trips - and I might add, there were 3 non-birding parents on 
the trip that endured swarms of mosquitoes and black flies for 6 miles of 
hiking in boggy habitat with no complaints! (And a 5:30 a.m. start time for the 
trip!) 


Observers:
Hope Batcheller - Petersburgh - NYSYBC President
Joan Collins - Potsdam & Long Lake - hike leader
Greg, Holly, & Fred Lawrence - Rochester
Annette & Erich Lehner - Albany - Erich is NYSYBC Vice-President
Carena Pooth - Poughquag - NYSOA Vice-President who worked hard to create the 
NYSYBC 

Herb Thompson - Poughquag




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Subject: NNYBirds: GABC - Spring Pond Bog field trip
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:06:18 -0400
6/6/09 Spring Pond Bog in Franklin Co. (Adirondack Nature Conservancy property)

Eighteen people visited Spring Pond Bog and the Willis Brook Trail for the 
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration this past Saturday. We had fairly good 
weather conditions while hiking into Spring Pond Bog before the wind picked up 
later in the morning. (Which did help blow away the mosquitoes!) I provided a 
complete list of bird species to the Paul Smith's VIC, but here are a few of 
the species found (17 warbler species): 


Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Boreal Chickadee - heard singing while we were hiking the Willis Brook Trail 
(treed area south of Spring Pond Bog) 

Palm Warbler - many
Northern Waterthrush - a singing bird near the parking area for Spring Pond Bog
Canada Warbler - many
Lincoln's Sparrow - oddly, we only heard one singing bird along the esker at 
Spring Pond Bog 


On the esker that sticks out like a peninsula into Spring Pond Bog, Jutta 
Arctic butterflies were abundant! Everyone had a chance to observe them, and 
there were always several in view at any point on the esker. It was by far the 
most abundant butterfly on the esker. Painted Turtles, snakes, and Mink Frogs 
were also found during our field trip. 


The esker at Spring Pond Bog affords spectacular views of the wide open 
peatland. The treed Willis Brook Trail was also beautiful, and people commented 
on the wonderful smells of the boreal forest. It is always a hard place to 
leave! I greatly enjoyed the conversation with my carpool companions, and the 
conservation discussions among the whole group. 


Observers:

Jeremiah Alexander - Fort Covington
David Buckley - Piercefield
Bonnie & Paul Carney - Rochester
Joan Collins - Potsdam/Long Lake - co-leader
Carol & Kenneth Fredericks - Poughkeepsie
Terese & John Hart - Tug Hill & Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nellie Hintz - Corinth
Dr. Glenn Johnson - Potsdam - co-leader (Spruce Grouse researcher)
Phyllis Magnus - Saranac Lake
Larry Master - Lake Placid
Angelena Ross - Watertown - co-leader (Spruce Grouse researcher)
Bernice & Richard Timmerman - Hunter
There was another DEC person working with Angie, and a student of Glenn's, but 
I didn't record their names. 


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Subject: NNYBirds: Hamilton Co. sightings
From: "Joan E. Collins" <JECollins AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:29:14 -0400
6/5/09 & 6/6/09 Hamilton Co.

6/5/09 Town of Lake Pleasant

After conducting the Mountain Birdwatch survey on Pillsbury Mtn., I decided to 
drive Perkins Clearing Road to the gate (where you can pick up a trail to 
Spruce Lake) - adding 8 more miles on a rough dirt road. I found several 
singing Indigo Buntings in clearings along the road. Mourning and Canada 
Warblers were also found singing in several locations. I was in a high 
clearance vehicle, and even so, I got out of the car and debated a couple of 
the washed out wooden bridge crossings - hopefully, they will be repaired. 
There were two Common Loons together on the inlet of Mason Lake - right next to 
the road, so I had beautiful views. The Olive-sided Flycatchers that I normally 
hear each year in the wetland leading to Mason Lake were not singing as I drove 
out (although Jeff Nadler recently heard them). 


I also hiked the Sacandaga Pathway since I was so close to Speculator. There 
was a Northern Waterthrush singing from the outlet of Lake Pleasant (next to 
the parking lot). I also found several singing Canada Warblers and Alder 
Flycatchers among other expected species. Mosquitoes were abundant! 


6/6/09 Long Lake

While driving on Route 28/30 in Long Lake around 7:30-8 p.m. with Carena Pooth, 
Herb Thompson, and Hope Batcheller, Carena spotted a bird flying up from the 
road ahead of us - a Northern Mockingbird! I had a good look at the bird, and 
it is the first Northern Mockingbird I have ever seen in Long Lake. (I checked 
the Atlas data, and there were only 4 possible records listed in northern 
Hamilton Co.) 


Joan Collins
Potsdam & Long Lake

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Subject: NNYBirds: Sanderling at Oseetah Lake
From: "adkbunkhouse" <adkbunkhouse AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:56:18 -0000
Howdy- I thought this was wierd, maybe not.
Imm. Sanderling (1st summer) found hopping from stump to stump eating insects 
on Oseetah Lk. near Kiwassa Lk outlet. Lots of old stumps and little islets in 
area. Very tame, was able to motor boat right up to it several times to make 
sure what it was. 

Caught some bass + pike too!

Bill Stahl
Wilmington NY
Subject: NNYBirds:
From: Dana Rohleder <dcrohleder AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:42:59 -0400
Hello,

My name is Joseph Chernek and I am currently working on a conservation
initiative project for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology located in Ithaca,
NY.  The project is titled the Golden-winged Warbler Conservation
Initiative and it was formed because Golden-winged Warbler polutations
have declined rangewide by 3.1% per year and up to 16% per year in some
states over the last 40 years (USGS Breeding Bird Survey).  They
attribute these population declines to loss of breeding habitat due to
forest maturation, migratory/wintering habitat loss, hybridization with
the Blue-winged Warbler, and climate change.  It breeds in open-canopy
shrublands with grassy or herbaceous patches, often including a forest
edge.

Last year we surveyed upstate New York to see where populations of
Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers are.  It is believed
that Golden-winged Warbler's that have not hybridized with other
species still live in upstate New York.  This year we have been
observing and catching Golden-winged Warbler's, Blue-winged-Warbler's,
Brewster's Warbler's (hybrid of the Golden-winged and Blue-winged
Warbler), and introgressed birds to see exactly what types of
habitat each species uses and to collect data that will be used to study
the birds genes and its annual range movements.

We begin our work by observing the bird for 15 minutes to develop a
central habitat that each bird is using.  We then capture the bird by
playing a recording of its mating song that is setup near a mist-net.
After we catch the bird we put a U.S. Geological Survey bird band on its
leg, collect a blood sample, toe-nail sample, feather samples, and take
a photograph.  We usually have the bird in-hand for about five to seven
minutes and then release it.  To complete the study we will return to
the area that we determined to be the birds central habitat and perform
a vegetation survey of the habitat the bird was using.

We have collected enough data on Golden-winged Warbler's but we still
need to collect more data on Blue-winged Warbler's.  I was wondering if
anybody knew of specific locations of Blue-winged Warbler's in St.
Lawrence County, New York and were willing to let us perform the above
protocol, then please contact me.    My email is jchernek23 AT yahoo.com.

Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Joseph Chernek




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Dana Rohleder
Port Kent, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Syracuse RBA
From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:06:11 -0700 (PDT)
RBA
 
*  New York
*  Syracuse
*  June 08, 2009
*  NYSY 0806.09
 
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
June 01,  2009 - June 08, 2009
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:June 08 AT 7:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org
 
 
#157 -Monday June 08, 2009
 
 
Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of June 01 , 
2009 

 
Highlights:
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KING RAIL
LEAST BITTERN
RED CROSSBILL
BLACK TERN
GREAT EGRET
BLACK VULTURE
PROTHONATARY WARBLER
ORCHARD ORIOLE
PEREGRINE FALCON



Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)
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 6/6: 2 LEAST BITTERNS were heard at Marten’s Tract. 5 BLACK TERNS were seen 
at the Main Pool. 5 GREAT EGRETS were found at May’s Point Pool. 



Cortland County
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     6/4: A BLACK VULTURE was reported but no location was given.
 6/8: 19 Species of warblers were reported from Summerhille and surrounding 
areas highlighted by MOURNING, HOODED, CANADA, and Pine. Also 2 RED CROSSBILLS 
WERE HEARD. 



Oswego County
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 6/3: A KING RAIL is still being heard at Peter Scott Swamp. 2 PROTHONATARY 
WARBLERS were found in the canals on Toad Harbor Road on Oneida Lake. The pair? 
were seen the next day and 1 only was seen on the 6th. 

     

Onondaga County
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 6/3: A male ORCHARD ORIOLE was found on Perry Road in the Town of Van Buren 
west of Baldwinsville. A female was found the next day and both continue to be 
seen and heard. 

     6/4: A CERULEAN WARBLER was found in Whiskey Hollow wast of Baldwinsville.


Oneida County
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 6/7: It has been detirmined that the Utica PEREGRINE FALCONS have laid at 
least one or more eggs and are incubating. The nest is at the Gold Dome Bank on 
Genesee Street. 




--end transcript
 
--
Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y., U.S.A.


      

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Subject: NNYBirds: Sedge Wrens in Canton and on Fort Drum
From: "jsbolsinger" <jsbolsinger AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:05:37 -0000
I left for work early this morning (about 3 am) so I could see what birds might 
be vocalizing under the bright full moon. My first stop was the marsh on Rt. 68 
just south of the Upper and Lower Lakes WMA building, where 4 Marsh Wrens were 
in full voice. The only other bird I heard here was a calling Alder Flycatcher. 
My next stop was along Irish Settlement Road, where I heard my first Sedge Wren 
of the year. It was singing from a field on the north side of the road about 
250 yards east of the red barn that is south of the road (maybe a mile or so 
west of Rt. 68, but I forgot to measure the mileage). Also audible here was 
another calling Alder Flycatcher and a Sora giving its peeper-like call from 
the marshy pond near the field. I stopped a few more places in Canton where 
I've heard Sedge Wrens in the past but didn't hear any at these places. Later I 
heard two Sedge Wrens in a field on Fort Drum that I've been checking weekly. 


Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
Subject: NNYBirds: Fw: Adirondacks trip, 6/6-6/7
From: Joseph Brin <brinjoseph AT yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:50:49 -0700 (PDT)



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From: ccspagnoli 
To: oneidabirds AT yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:34:15 PM
Subject: [OneidaBirds] Adirondacks trip, 6/6-6/7

Usually an account of a trip to the Adirondacks would be appropriate for the 
NNY-birds listserv, but I'm posting here because (1) there's some important 
advice if you're from our area planning to make a day or weekend run up to the 
Adirondacks for Bicknell's thrush and (2) I can't seem to find where you sign 
up for NNY-birds. 


Anyway. I went up Saturday and stayed over for today, with the main focus to 
try for Bicknell's and for three-toed woodpecker. 


Saturday's birding, while enjoyable, was unremarkable; of the boreal 
specialties I only had the variety of breeding warblers, and a Swainson's 
thrush (the first I've heard singing other than on a tape). 


This morning I hit the road early and was at the start of the trail up Blue 
Mountain before 6 a.m. 


And that was too late.

On my way up the mountain (and I wasn't taking my time!) I encountered another 
birder coming DOWN from the summit who had gotten there even EARLIER. He had 
Bicknell's thrush singing and even saw one. By the time I reached the breeding 
elevation, the birds were silent except for a couple of calls (not songs). I 
didn't have a watch with me but it couldn't have been much past 7 a.m. I did 
get a brief glimpse of what was probably a Bicknell's, but it was far from a 
diagnostic look. 


The lesson, I guess, being that if you want to actually hear and hunt for 
Bicknell's, you'd better be on the trail in time to assure your arrival at the 
breeding elevations by 6:30 at the latest. 


The upside to all this is that I had a spruce grouse vocalize just off the 
trail on my way up, and I even saw the bird, a female, as it stood up, looked 
me over, and hurried away. I don't think spruce grouse is expected on Blue 
Mountain but the vocalization was unmistakable - it matched perfectly to my old 
Peterson's bird song tape. 


Other boreal birds on Blue Mountain, near the summit, were yellow-bellied 
flycatcher, boreal chickadee, ruby-crowned kinglet, and blackpoll warbler. 


Later I visited a small bog south of Upper Brook Tract Pond, on Uncas Road, and 
although three-toed woodpecker remained absent, a female black-backed 
woodpecker was present and showed very well. 


Good birding.

Chris Spagnoli
Town of Pompey



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Subject: NNYBirds: Horned Grebe
From: Joan Howlett <hobeauworks AT twcny.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:42:55 -0400
Observed a solitary Horned Grebe on Norwood Lake  in different spots on 
Sunday, 6/7 and today 6/8 between 9 and 10:30 am. Joan Howlett