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Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 19, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk           
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk              
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                    

Total:                       
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Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7.5 hours

Official Counter: Fred Reckner

Observers:        Richard Hendrick

Visitors:
Merideth & Dave Spencer from Washington state.


Weather:
Mostly cloudy, SSW to S winds gusting to ~35 km/hr, hazy with light showers
after noon. 

Raptor Observations:
Local SS & TV's.

Non-raptor Observations:
2 flocks of ~ 70 Starlings, Bay-breasted Warbler, E. Robins on the move,  ~
10 Monarchs
========================================================================
Report submitted by Fred Reckner ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Hello all,

At the house in Scott, Cortland County this morning was an honest to goodness 
"flock" of 22 PINE SISKINS! Also present were 5 PURPLE FINCHES, 1 AMERICAN 
GOLDFINCH, 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES and the other usual suspects including an 
occassional CAROLINA WREN and RED-BELLIED WOODEPCKER. A RUBY-CROWNED KINGET has 
also been lingering for a few days. 


Then as I stepped out of my office a few minutes ago here at George Jr. in 
Dryden and I was greeted by a wonderful flyover "Kleep" --an EVENING GROSBEAK! 


Just a few more notes on the impending finch invasion....I just can't help 
myself. PINE SISKINS are moving into and probably through all northeastern 
states from Maine to Penn and NJ is what I would call impressive widespread 
numbers .......numbers we haven't seen in a while here in NY. I would also like 
to note that my prediction from a few weeks regarding Pine Siskins differed 
from Ron Pittaway's forecast. He stated that most siskins had moved west and 
north. I predicted this pulse that we're seeing now --lets hope some stick 
around. Additionally, Evening Gosbeaks are beeing seen in small, but widespread 
numbers and we're still in mid-Oct. I find the earlier the push the better it 
bodes for a "significant" winter invasion here in central NY and even points 
south. Commen Redpoll numbers are also on the way! Additionally, Bohemian 
Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks are already being seen in Northeastern states and 
banding stations in Michigan and Minnesota. So, in short, I'm predicting the 
best winter finch season here in central NY since 2001! Lastly, there are still 
some White-winged Crossbill and Red Crossbills scattered here and there as 
well. In fact, in Newfoundland there's a significant Pine Siskin and WW 
Crossibill invasion taking place --- there's actualy a good cone crop in some 
of the NE maritime provinces such as Newfoundland. 


cheers,
Matt Young 

 




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Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 18, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                    

Total:                      
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7.5 hours

Official Counter: Tom Salo

Observers:        Marilyn Leahy, Richard Hendrick

Visitors:
Bob Shultis


Weather:
Hazy, warm, with SW winds.

Raptor Observations:
Local SS, BE. Large soaring birds started late - first RT seen at 11:43
EST, first TV seen at 12:06.

Non-raptor Observations:
<20 Monarchs

Predictions:
Expected rain would suppress flight. 
========================================================================
Report submitted by Tom Salo ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Stopped by Derby Hill for part of the late morning and had several
groups of Pine Siskins moving along the lake shore -- sixty-three
birds in six groups, with some dropping in for perched looks.

In addition, there were 38 Rusty Blackbirds, 1 Evening Grosbeak, 1
Wilson's Snipe, 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 3 Red-tailed Hawks, and a
Northern Harrier. All species flying NE on SE winds.

Tom Carrolan
Liverpool NY
http://www.hawksaloft.com
..............................................................................
"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture."
  -- Ray Mummert, Intelligent Design proponent from Dover PA, 2005
..............................................................................

Hello all,

Later in the day at the feeders in Scott, Cortland county were 10 PINE SISKINS 
and 5 PURPLE FINCHEWS. 


Matt Young

 




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White Crowned, white throated, juncoes, song sparrows, titmice, chickadees, 
abound (purple finches,a few). Saw a rather odd bird on a tube feeder this am. 
Tail very long, (would have thought a winter gold finch otherwise) white 
markings from mid back to almost base of tail. small white markings at the base 
of tail and along the sides of the tail. It stayed for about five minutes but I 
didn't try to get a picture, not any good at posting them so didn't even try. 
Was wondering if it was an escaped prey from a hawk and was nearly detailed by 
the hit. Seemed to be eating ok, any suggestions? I was losing about 1 or 2 
morning doves a week and suddenly they left , hopefully to go south or at least 
elsewhere. 


Matthew Young  wrote:  
Hello all,

PINE SISKIN in Scott this morning.

Matt


Birdy
Susan Thuener
Mohawk, NY
suelee AT Prodigy.net

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Hello all,

PINE SISKIN in Scott this morning.

Matt



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I didn't get to Fair Haven until midday and birding was sort of slow.  
Few dabblers on the Pond, most were out on the nearly flat lake.  
There was an immature 'tundrius' Peregrine that perched within 50  
yards for several minutes, I believe it's the first one I've seen  
perched. 'Tundrius' birds so not have the dark helmet of the  
Peregrines we typically see (check Sibley's). Lot's of habitat for  
Purple Sandpiper on the north end of the bay with the low water  
levels but it's still early for them. Shorebirds present were 2 Black- 
bellied plover, 9 Killdeer and 6 Dunlin. Some other birds seen were  
Brant, flocks of 74 & 104, 3 Long-tailed Ducks and 11 Snow Buntings.

Bill Purcell
Hastings NY 13076
wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com






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There is an immature light morph Rough-legged Hawk on Wolfe Island,
Ontario: seen Sunday by me and Tuesday by Gerry Smith. The ferry from
Cape Vincent runs over there through Sunday, October 21st. After that,
it's around to Kingston. There are another hundred hawks on the
island, plus "coastal numbers" of American Pipits, Hermit Thrushes,
and White-crowned Sparrows. While a roadside sampling of pipits is
down to only two hundred or so, the Horned Larks are taking their
place with several hundred birds there now.

On Tuesday, 16 October, I revisited a Fall hawk migration point that I
first observed in September of last year. From the southernmost open
fields on Pt. Peninsula [along South Shore Road], on NE winds, there
was a classic cul-de-sac flight [with this also being the terminus of
the larger Cape Vincent peninsula]. Birds were streaming down the land
mass out of the north, kettling up, and then reversing direction to
avoid the water crossing. Typical with a migrational concentration as
opposed to "local" birds and any other kind of non-migratory behavior,
the flight was not detectable just a mile or so away [interior Pt.
Peninsula]. And a few more miles away, in Cape Vincent, there were
exclusively western-like, eastern adult Redtails and adult male
Northern Harriers perched and/or hunting... just "wintering."

In two hours of observation near the tip of Pt. Peninsula I had the
following in mixed kettles, with varying heights up and beyond the
limit of the unaided eye:
226 Turkey Vultures
  8 Northern Harriers [very high juvs]
  4 Sharp-shinned Hawks
  4 Cooper's Hawks
  4 Red-shouldered Hawks [1 adult, 3 immatures]
 64 Red-tailed Hawks [mostly immatures]
  1 Merlin

The movement was a counterclockwise U-turn. With almost a mile of land
behind me to the south, the hawks would go by either overhead or
slight west-left, then return headed north along the eastern
shore of the peninsula. Last September [9/06], the bulk of the flight
were Broadwings, Bald Eagles and Sharpies. This October, the species
pretty much match what you'd see at any NE hawkwatch at this date.

Because the point is surrounded by water, duh, the lighting on the
highest birds was just like you'd see at Cape May -- very strong,
dramatically overexposing the birds.
===
Because it didn't rain, and even opened up to blue skies, I spent the
midday [10/17] at Derby Hill on SE winds as temps reached 70F. Phil
Taylor joined me as we watched a slight stream of juvenile Redtails
moving NE right along the lake shore. This northbound movement was
almost exclusively Red-tailed Hawks.

In just under two hours we had birds in groups of mainly five to a
dozen or so:
76 Red-tailed Hawks [74 juvs, 2 adults]
 5 Sharp-shinned Hawks
 1 Cooper's Hawk
 1 Northern Harrier [juv]

Also, there were 45 Common Crows, 6 Evening Grosbeaks, 1 Eastern
Phoebe, 1 American Pipit, 1 Rusty Blackbird, along with small groups
of American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Goldfinches, and
individual Blue Jays -- mostly northbound.
 
Tom Carrolan
http://www.hawksaloft.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Color, which is the poet's wealth, is so expensive 
that most take to mere outline or pencil sketches and 
become men of science."
    -- Henry David Thoreau
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 17, 2007
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture              
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk           
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                    

Total:                      
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 07:15:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7.75 hours

Official Counter: Steve Hall

Observers:        Marilyn Leahy, Ralph Niederlander

Weather:
Var Cloud,very light S/SW wind.

Raptor Observations:
Ad GE 11:40,Imm BE 1:08.

Non-raptor Observations:

========================================================================
Report submitted by Steve Hall ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Today I checked out the pond on Sulphur Spring Rd. in the town of  
Paris.   There were 200+ Canada Geese and 21 Snow Geese.


Betty Armbruster
barm17 AT localnet.com
Herkimer County
South of Utica

 Hello all. I just had roughly 8 EVENING GROSBEAKS at our bird feeders. We live 
between Fulton and Phoenix in southern Oswego county. They seemed to be fairly 
evenly split between males and females. Mom has apparently been seeing them all 
day. Take care and good birding, 

    
Andrew VanNorstrand
Fulton, NY 
www.birdsandmusic.blogspot.com - Updated!
www.vfiddle.com 

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Actually, I don't mind the squirrels as much as I do the chipmunks, I have 
relocated over 30 of them this year. I transport them across the river to the 
riverside park in Herkimer. Hopefully they don't find their way back. Squirrels 
too smart to fall for the live traps, caught two red squirrels. Pellet guns 
don't kill, just hopefully scare the varmints away. Squirrels and other rodents 
can cause a lot of damage to foundations, outbuildings, etc. Don't like them, 
don't ground feed anymore because it draws rats, use mostly tube feeders and 
the absolute type which are supposed to deter the squirrels, (they don't). 
Enjoy your birds. 

  Birdy 

Bob Walker  wrote:
  Hi Mary,
Bob from Syracuse. I suggest you call the D.E.C. as there are 
open seasons on squirrels and he if does not possess a hunting 
license and is hunting out of season I am sure they can and will do 
something.
Good luck.

Bob

On Oct 16, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Mary wrote:

> Like most of us on here, the squirrels eat from beneath my bird
> feeders. They don't get ON them, so I don't mind. I used to feed
> them corn, but I'm just doing the hard cobs in the winter now because
> the squirrels did more burying than they did actual eating, and it was
> making a mess of our yard.
>
> Anyway, I have a neighbor (I live within the city of Utica) who hates
> squirrels and has been known to shoot them with a pellet gun. He was
> doing it when I wasn't around, but this past weekend, he crossed the
> line-- he was shooting squirrels IN MY DRIVEWAY from his upstairs
> porch! I went absolutely ballistic on this idiot! I was seriously
> ready to kill the moron.
>
> I called the Utica Police Dept., who showed up about 10 min. later.
> They talked to him after me, but I have no idea what they said to him.
> They informed me that he was not allowed to shoot OVER the fence or
> towards my property, but he's allowed to shoot on his own property,
> even if he's within city limits. How can this be legal?! We live in
> a part of the city where our lots are very small-- maybe 50-60 feet
> wide by about twice as long. How can he shoot within his property
> when he can't guarantee that the pellets won't cross over onto my
> property, or hit my fence (our entire property is fenced in)?
>
> What should I do? There's NO way to talk reason to this fool. I went
> to high school with him, and you couldn't get through his thick head
> then, and you certainly can't now either. I don't know what to do--
> any suggestions on what my next step can be? If he shoots at
> squirrels, who's to say the birds won't be next?
>
> HELP!!!
> Mary
> West Utica
>
>
> 



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Birdy
Susan Thuener
Mohawk, NY
suelee AT Prodigy.net

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Hello all,

Speaking as co-founder of the SUNY-ESF Bird Club and having known Bill
Evans for years, this presentation will be worth checking out. I hope to
make it.

Matt Young

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Tom Carrolan thmslcrrln AT yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:51:
To: oneidabirds AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: [OneidaBirds] Re: OAS Meeting 10/17, 6:30 ESF Marshall Hall, Bill
Evans


Judith Thurber  wrote:

> Good meeting coming up this week on night migration
> sounds!  As follows:

> Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
> 6:30 P.M. -- note early time

> This will take place in Room 310, Marshall Hall,
> Campus of the State University College of
> Environmental Science and Forestry. Please refer to
> the SUNY ESF web site at
> http://www.esf.edu/maps/default.htm for directions and
> maps.

PROGRAM IS IN MARSHALL HALL ROOM 319, not 310.

Whether you read about this program here -- my posting last week or
Judy's today... or in newspapers, TV community listings, NPR, or even
the Onondaga Audubon newsletter... the room has been wrong in ALL
listings.

Not to worry, as it's still on the same floor and signs/people will be
posted to direct you to the correct room for what will be a very fine
evening with Bill Evans!

Tom Carrolan
Liverpool NY
http://www.hawksaloft.com
...............................................................
The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if
it means rounding up every bird watcher in the country.
  -- John Mitchell
     U.S. Attorney General 1969-72
...............................................................




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Hi Mary,
    Bob from Syracuse. I suggest you call the D.E.C. as there are  
open seasons on squirrels and he if does not possess a hunting  
license and is hunting out of season I am sure they can and will do  
something.
   Good luck.

    Bob

On Oct 16, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Mary wrote:

> Like most of us on here, the squirrels eat from beneath my bird
> feeders. They don't get ON them, so I don't mind. I used to feed
> them corn, but I'm just doing the hard cobs in the winter now because
> the squirrels did more burying than they did actual eating, and it was
> making a mess of our yard.
>
> Anyway, I have a neighbor (I live within the city of Utica) who hates
> squirrels and has been known to shoot them with a pellet gun. He was
> doing it when I wasn't around, but this past weekend, he crossed the
> line-- he was shooting squirrels IN MY DRIVEWAY from his upstairs
> porch! I went absolutely ballistic on this idiot! I was seriously
> ready to kill the moron.
>
> I called the Utica Police Dept., who showed up about 10 min. later.
> They talked to him after me, but I have no idea what they said to him.
> They informed me that he was not allowed to shoot OVER the fence or
> towards my property, but he's allowed to shoot on his own property,
> even if he's within city limits. How can this be legal?! We live in
> a part of the city where our lots are very small-- maybe 50-60 feet
> wide by about twice as long. How can he shoot within his property
> when he can't guarantee that the pellets won't cross over onto my
> property, or hit my fence (our entire property is fenced in)?
>
> What should I do? There's NO way to talk reason to this fool. I went
> to high school with him, and you couldn't get through his thick head
> then, and you certainly can't now either. I don't know what to do--
> any suggestions on what my next step can be? If he shoots at
> squirrels, who's to say the birds won't be next?
>
> HELP!!!
> Mary
> West Utica
>
>
> 



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Judith Thurber  wrote:

> Good meeting coming up this week on night migration
> sounds!  As follows:

> Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
> 6:30 P.M. -- note early time

> This will take place in Room 310, Marshall Hall,
> Campus of the State University College of
> Environmental Science and Forestry. Please refer to
> the SUNY ESF web site at
> http://www.esf.edu/maps/default.htm for directions and
> maps.

PROGRAM IS IN MARSHALL HALL ROOM 319, not 310.

Whether you read about this program here -- my posting last week or
Judy's today... or in newspapers, TV community listings, NPR, or even
the Onondaga Audubon newsletter... the room has been wrong in ALL
listings.

Not to worry, as it's still on the same floor and signs/people will be
posted to direct you to the correct room for what will be a very fine
evening with Bill Evans!

Tom Carrolan
Liverpool NY
http://www.hawksaloft.com
...............................................................
The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out, even if
it means rounding up every bird watcher in the country.
  -- John Mitchell
     U.S. Attorney General 1969-72
...............................................................

Like most of us on here, the squirrels eat from beneath my bird
feeders.  They don't get ON them, so I don't mind.  I used to feed
them corn, but I'm just doing the hard cobs in the winter now because
the squirrels did more burying than they did actual eating, and it was
making a mess of our yard.

Anyway, I have a neighbor (I live within the city of Utica) who hates
squirrels and has been known to shoot them with a pellet gun.  He was
doing it when I wasn't around, but this past weekend, he crossed the
line-- he was shooting squirrels IN MY DRIVEWAY from his upstairs
porch!  I went absolutely ballistic on this idiot!  I was seriously
ready to kill the moron.

I called the Utica Police Dept., who showed up about 10 min. later.
They talked to him after me, but I have no idea what they said to him.
They informed me that he was not allowed to shoot OVER the fence or
towards my property, but he's allowed to shoot on his own property,
even if he's within city limits.  How can this be legal?!  We live in
a part of the city where our lots are very small-- maybe 50-60 feet
wide by about twice as long.  How can he shoot within his property
when he can't guarantee that the pellets won't cross over onto my
property, or hit my fence (our entire property is fenced in)?

What should I do?  There's NO way to talk reason to this fool.  I went
to high school with him, and you couldn't get through his thick head
then, and you certainly can't now either.  I don't know what to do--
any suggestions on what my next step can be?  If he shoots at
squirrels, who's to say the birds won't be next?

HELP!!!
Mary
West Utica

Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 16, 2007
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk           
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                      

Total:                      
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 7 hours

Official Counter: Larry Dake

Observers:        Kay Crane, Marilyn Leahy

Visitors:
Becky Gretten, Ed and Eric Johnson, Julie and Joel Wexler, Marilyn Leahy,
Leslie Preston.



Weather:
light NW winds. Early fog.

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:
Several flocks Robins.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Larry Dake ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Very interesting, Tom.

Judy Thurber
--- Tom Carrolan  wrote:

> On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning [pre- and
> post-frontal] I
> was out on the eastern end of Lake Ontario. As
> elsewhere, the
> convergence of land, water and weather concentrates
> stuff.
> 
> Tuesday [10/9]: I had a close-up view of a Cackling
> Goose over Bishop
> Road, west of Pulaski NY. Just as the rain started
> and the winds began
> shifting, a group of two dozen Canada Geese were
> losing altitude
> rapidly. Less than a hundred yards away and just a
> hundred feet up, I
> spotted a small, sandy brown bird third from the end
> of the line of
> darker backed geese. For a second I thought it was
> going to be some
> kind of duck. Upon getting optics on the bird, now
> much closer, it was
> clearly a Canada Goose with a stubby bill on a round
> head. In addition
> the neck was dark, short and thick. Overall, the
> bird was about half
> the size of the Canada Geese in its group. A
> terrific look. 
> 
> At the front's edge, I also had an assortment of
> rain birds moving out
> of the northeast.
> 86 Turkey Vultures [dropping out of the sky in one
> long line]
>  4 Ospreys 
>  7 Northern Harriers [1 adult male, 6 juveniles]
>  1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
>  1 Cooper's Hawk
>  1 Red-tailed Hawk [adult]
> Also 4 Snow Geese were associated with one group of
> a dozen Canada
> Geese dropping in ahead of the squall line.
> 
> Wednesday [10/10]: I backtracked to Derby Hill from
> a quiet Bishop
> Road on SE winds and ran into a very nice flight of
> hawks. I had
> expected to maybe see some birds coming around the
> corner of the lake
> from NE to SW. I based this idea on a fair number of
> TVs and some
> other birds headed SSW right at Rts 104B and 3 on my
> way up. The
> surprise at Derby Hill was an hour and a half of
> juvenile Red-tailed
> Hawks headed ENE along the shoreline. At this
> location TVs were few,
> but young Redtails were streaming, even kettling in
> groups of up to
> twenty birds.
> 
> Now I know it's October, but this was clearly a
> dispersal movement...
> just like the flights seen on August and September
> warm swells.
> Missing from this October phenomenon were juvenile
> Broadwings [zero].
> Considering I'd already seen a couple hundred TVs
> earlier in the
> morning east of the lake, six Vultures from the
> Derby Hill vantage was
> interesting too. Compared to what I had just seen a
> mile away, this
> was approaching zero [quantum theory of
> hawkwatching, unpublished].
> 
>   6 Turkey Vultures [all up high with the RTs]
>   3 Bald Eagles [2 fresh juvs, 1 adult; all very
> high and moving]
>   2 Sharp-shinned Hawks
>   1 Cooper's Hawk
>   1 Red-shouldered Hawk [juv]
> 141 Red-tailed Hawks [6 adults clearly moving, with
> all the rest juvs]
> Again, this Derby Hill snapshot was from only 1.5
> hours of observation. 
> 
> Like shorebirds, there is an interval when hawks of
> different regions
> and ages hold either the northbound or southbound
> idea as each day
> begins and may literally pass each other headed in
> opposite directions.
> 
> Tom Carrolan
> Liverpool NY
> http://www.hawksaloft.com
> ...................................................
> Not everything that counts can be counted and
> not everything that can be counted counts.
>   -- Albert Einstein
> ...................................................
> 
> 
> 



 
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Hello all, 

Good meeting coming up this week on night migration
sounds!  As follows:
Marshall Hall, ESF campus  -- (Directly behind Illick
Hall which is across from the dome -- closest entrance
is at end of the city street that passes Crouse
Hospital (heading south). (map info below)

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

6:30 P.M. -- note early time

In Conjunction with SUNY ESF

Bill Evans, Executive Director of Old Bird, Inc., will
speak on acoustic monitoring of nocturnal migration
and the conservation implication of this technique.
Bill is one of North America's premier experts on the
calls of nocturnal migrants and study of these largely
unseen movements that involve the majority of our
songbirds. He will discuss using acoustic monitoring
in assessing the impact of industrial wind turbines,
cell towers and other projects on these birds.

This will take place in Room 310, Marshall Hall,
Campus of the State University College of
Environmental Science and Forestry. Please refer to
the SUNY ESF web site at
http://www.esf.edu/maps/default.htm for directions and
maps.

Judy Thurber
Liverpool, NY

At my feeder yesterday, had 2 Carolina Wrens!  

 


       

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Great weather on Sunday afternoon inspired Tony Shrimpton and I to sit  about 
at McIntyre Rd. and enjoy sun and sea.  Not much happening on the  Lake in 2 
hours of watching, but the highlight was a group of Ravens that  went through 
at about 2:30.  The birds approached from the east, with us  hunkered in at 
the west end of the field.  Several crows started calling  and we suddenly saw 
about 25 birds, expecting them to be crows escorting a  couple of Ravens, but 
as they drew near the Ravens started croaking and  soaring.  We soon realized 
that they were mostly Ravens, and our count got  to 18 birds.  This is the 
largest group of Ravens I've ever seen on the  lakeshore.
 
Tony and I tried for the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow at the Marten's  Tract 
on Monday evening.  We enjoyed lots of birds, but couldn't find  any 
Nelson's. We searched the area thoroughly and I think the birds seen Sunday 
have 

departed,,,,,,all the sparrows were very active and I think we would have found 

them if they were still there.  We also looked for  Orange-crowned Warblers 
and came up empty.  Highlights:
 
1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (1st winter)
~12 TREE SWALLOW
~5 AM. PIPIT
zillions of SWAMP, SONG, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
a few YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
6 TUFTED TITMOUSE
plenty of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
 
Marten's was very active and exciting,,,,,,we couldn't find anything at  
Carncross Rd. however.  Finally, a PEREGRINE FALCON buzzed the Visitor  Center 
area at MNWR.
 
 
---David Wheeler
NSyracuse, NY
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At Sandy Pond on Monday the birds were typical for the season with  
nothing unusual. Lots of Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin are still  
present but not many other shorebirds. There were several Black- 
capped Chickadee flocks on the move, seems to be a lot of them going  
south this year, and I saw my first fall Snow Bunting. Unlike the  
last time I was at Sandy Pond it was very quiet. Waterfowl season is  
closed for 10 days and I think I saw 2 boats in 4.5 hours. Birds I  
found most interesting:

White-winged Scoter     1
Black Scoter     7
Black-bellied Plover     26
Greater Yellowlegs     3
Pectoral Sandpiper     1
Dunlin     53
Bonaparte's Gull     1
Black-capped Chickadee     56
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     19
Dark-eyed Junco     57
Snow Bunting     1
Purple Finch     1

Bill Purcell
Hastings NY 13076
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Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 15, 2007
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                     

Total:                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 7.5 hours

Official Counter: Steve Hall

Observers:        Marilyn Leahy, Ralph Niederlander

Visitors:
Art Levy,Phil Nelson,Andrea Lodevice and 3 others.


Weather:
Cloudy,very light SW/NW winds.

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:

========================================================================
Report submitted by Steve Hall ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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RBA

*  New York
*  Syracuse
*   October 15, 2007
*  NYSY 0710.15

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):October 08, 2007-October 15
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and MontezumaWetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, & Madison.
compiled:October 15, 1:00 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org


#75 - Monday October 15, 2007


Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 
08, 2007 


Highlights:

EURASIAN WIGEON
CACKLING GOOSE
NELSON�S SHART-TAILED SPARROW
PINE SISKIN
ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
RED PHALAROPE
SABINE�S GULL
NORTHERN SHRIKE



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

 On 10/10 an EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on the main pool. Also 2 CACKLING GEESE 
were seen at the visitor�s center. 

 On 10/14 a WESTERN SANDPIPER and 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen at the 
visitor�s center. The EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the main pool. 

 On 10/14 4 NELSON�S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were seen at Marten�s Tract. Also 
seen there was an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 



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

 On 10/10 a flock of approximately 70 PINE SISKINS were seen in Mexico. 

     On 10/11 a CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Bishop Hill north of Pulaski.
 On 10/11 the first FOX SPARROW of the season was seen at a private residence 
in Hastings. 

 On 10/12 over 2000 BRANT flew by the bluff at Derby Hill. Also seen were SURF 
SCOTER, BLACK SCOTER, and PEREGRINE FALCON. 



Cayuga County
------------

 On 10/12 15 RED PHALAROPES were seen from McIntyre Bluffs north of Fairhaven. 

     On 10/13 a SABINE�S GULL was seen from McIntyre Bluffs.


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

 On 10/13 the season�s first NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Raddison just east of 
the Three River�s Game Management Area north of Baldwinsville. 



--end transcript

--
Joseph Brin
Region 5 
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.
  
     
     

   




       

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Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 14, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk            
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                      

Total:                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 8.5 hours

Official Counter: Andrew Mason

Observers:        

Visitors:
Spotters Randy Lynch and Max Shimer; 4 others.


Weather:
Good NW winds, cool, overcast skies

Raptor Observations:
1st--SS 8:42 a.m. EST; last--2 SS 3:37 p.m.; ad. BEs 10:54, 12:45.  Local
RTs, SS, CH

Non-raptor Observations:
Numerous flocks of Canada Geese; 2 loons; flickers; ravens; towhee; a very
few monarchs

Predictions:
Continuing favorable winds should keep RTs moving.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Andrew Mason (AndyMason AT earthling.net)
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Though the National Weather Service forecast kept saying that winds would  be 
from the west, they were WSW all day.  Thus lakewatching was (overall) a  
disappointment.
 
Only a modest movement of birds Saturday morning at Broadway Rd.: ~20  Common 
Loons, 1 Red-throated, and a few of all three Scoters between 8:15 and  
10:00am.  Tons of sparrows everywhere.
 
Bill Purcell, Joe Brin, and I all converged (by coincidence) on McIntyre  Rd. 
around 11am.  Highlights were a juv. SABINE'S GULL at 11:30,  visible for 
about 10 minutes.  Probably the same bird was present again  between 1:30 and 
2:00 and somewhat closer at one point. Aside from a small number of all three 

Scoters, not much else was going on though and we eventually left. I wouldn't 

be surprised if the Sabine's was  around on Sunday, but be prepared that it 
may take hours of scanning  and be very distant.
 
---David Wheeler
NSyracuse, NY
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Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 13, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture              
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                     

Total:                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 07:15:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7.75 hours

Official Counter: Steve Hall

Observers:        Fred Fries

Visitors:
Steve Shimer,Chenango Bird club plus 6 others.


Weather:
Var Cloud,light SW wind.

Raptor Observations:
Ad BE`s 10:24,1:38,1:42.

Non-raptor Observations:

========================================================================
Report submitted by Steve Hall ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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The first Northern Shrike of the season was seen this morning in the 
Three Rivers WMA. It was under the power lines near the Radisson end. 
This is the earliest one I think I've seen.

Sparrow numbers have increased a bit, but no Fox or Tree sparrows yet.

Two Hermit Thrushes were seen as were Blue-headed Vireo (1), 15 TVs, 
lots of Ruby Crowned Kinglet, 2 Catbirds, 1 YR warbler and 1 C. 
Yellow-throat warbler.

Gregg Dashnau
Baldwinsville, NY
gdashnau AT twcny.rr.com

 

Here's some info on Utica-area bird-related happenings taking place during
the next few weeks.

 

 

Monday October 15 - Asa Gray meeting 4:00 p.m. at Utica College MacFarlane
Auditorium in DePerno Hall (opposite the library) Dr. Noah Perlut from the
University of VT will speak about The Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of
Hayfield Management on Grassland Songbirds (Savannah Sparrow and Bobolink)
in the Champlain Valley. The public is welcome.

 

Sunday October 21- Kirkland Bird Club Meeting 

2:30 p.m. - Stone Presbyterian Church in Clinton

Loon program by Dr. Judith McIntyre- she will give an overview of the loon
family including the most pressing concerns and a brief report from the
European Loon Biologists' conference held in arctic Norway this summer.

All are welcome to attend.

 

We love having a crowd!!  Refreshments are served, too! Call or email me
off-list if you need directions.

 

Fall Field Trips

 

Friday October 26- Hawk Watching at Franklin Mt. near Oneonta- sign up at
the October 21 meeting or call Karen Evert at  or email at
kjevert AT earthlink.net for details.

 

Saturday November 3- Hawk Watching at Franklin Mt. near Oneonta - Call Karen
for more details. These trips are weather and wind dependent.

 

The more the merrier on this (or any ) field trip! Depending on the whim of
the people on the trip, we may go to Brooks Barbecue in Oneonta for lunch
and/or stop at the Fly Creek Cider Mill on the way home.

 

Hope to see some of you at these!!

 

Karen Evert

New Hartford, NY

kjevert AT earthlink.net

 

 



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Wednesday morning I had a flock of approx. 70 pine siskins circling over the
Kinney Drug Store in Mexico.  Today there were a few vocalizing in the
spruce trees adjacent to Kinney's parking lot.

Chris Reidy
Pulaski, NY
crreidy AT frontiernet.net

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Behalf Of Bill Purcell
  Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 3:18 PM
  To: OneidaBirds
  Subject: [OneidaBirds] Siskins


  I just got home from an afternoon of birding local areas to find at
  least 13 Pine Siskins at my feeders at 4 PM. Generally low numbers of
  birds otherwise.

  Bill Purcell
  Hastings NY 13076
  wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com

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Andrew VanNorstrand and I took the swing shift at Broadway Rd. in NE Wayne  
County, watching the Lake from ~11:00 with me staying until 2:30.   Highlight 
was one Parasitic Jaeger at 1:30pm, but little movement of anything  over the 
entire period (morning flight completely shut down).
 
I decided to move to McIntyre Rd. in northern Cayuga County, with a quick  
stop at Fair Haven.  Highlights were a Black-bellied Plover and 3 Brant,  plus 
Tony Shrimpton who required little coercion to resume the lakewatch  with me.
 
At McIntyre Rd., we walked out to the bluff and went to the extreme west  end 
where some wind protection exists.  Gulls were moving about but nothing  
unusual and few highlights over the 3:30-5:00pm period,,,,,,except,,,, at 
4:00pm 

a flock of ~15 RED PHALAROPES went by about 350-400 yards out going west 5-10 
ft  over the water.  The winds were ~20-22 kt WNW.
 
We watched the phalaropes for several minutes as they approached from the  
east. I was expecting Sanderling or Dunlin, especially since there was over a 

dozen of them, but Tony has a lot more experience with pelagic phalaropes  and 
was immediately saying "phalarope."
 
Though the birds were distant, and the records suggest that this is a  
perfectly good time for a flock of either species, we concluded Red instead of 

Red-necked, for a few different reasons. The birds were a light gray above and 

very light below (points to Red); strong, direct fliers with little  twisting 
and somewhat slow wingbeats (Red); chunky and robust-appearing,  more like 
Little Gulls than sandpipers (Red). I thought they were all basic-plumaged 
birds 

or nearly so.
 
Saturday looks like it could be better than today, which really didn't have  
much gull or jaeger action.
 
---David Wheeler
NSyracuse, NY
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Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 12, 2007
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture              
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                     

Total:                     
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:30:00 
Total observation time: 8 hours

Official Counter: Steve Hall

Observers:        Ralph Niederlander

Visitors:
Becky Bretton,Leslie ?


Weather:
Mostly cloudy,NW wind,2-15mph with gusts to 40mph.

Raptor Observations:
Imm BE`s 8:12,10:48,11:22,1:39,1:42.Ad BE`s 11:18,12:54,1:26,1:33.
   Ad GE 1:35.

Non-raptor Observations:
Many Canada Geese heading S.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Steve Hall ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Lots of Brant on the move Friday morning with the north winds. At  
Derby Hill I saw 2486 Brant in 2.5 hours beginning at 7:15 AM with  
most of the birds in the first 2 hours. There were also some scoters  
(suprisingly no White-winged) and a few dabblers:

Wood Duck     1
American Wigeon     11
American Black Duck     54
Mallard     41
Northern Shoveler     3
Northern Pintail     1
Green-winged Teal     10
Ring-necked Duck     4
Surf Scoter     36
Black Scoter     41
Common Merganser     1
Red-breasted Merganser     9

Also seen were a Bald Eagle and 2 Peregrine Falcons.

Bill Purcell
Hastings NY 13076
wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com






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Greetings,
Shawn Billerman, Mike Harvey, and I seawatched from the end of
Broadway Rd. (west of Fair Haven) this morning before heading back to
Ithaca for class.  The notable aspect of the waterbird flight was 1810
Brant, all heading east, with some flocks peeling off to the south
away from the lake.  It seems from other reports that the Brant flight
today was observed widely across central New York and extended away
from the Ontario lakeshore down into at least Cayuga Lake.
Disappointingly, I had but a quick look at a hummingbird that shot
past heading east - I couldn't see anything on the bird in terms of
coloration, but at this date, a western migrant is just about as
likely as a late Ruby-throated...  Other notables at Broadway included
good scoter numbers, 1 Red-necked Grebe, and 5 Peregrine Falcons.
Just inland from Broadway Rd., we encountered large numbers of
migrants, mostly Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, and
Yellow-rumped Warblers, lining the roadsides.  A single Vesper Sparrow
was the most notable bird.
Montezuma NWR is filling up with waterfowl, with large numbers of
Canada Goose and Aythya coming into the Main Pool to accompany
continuing strong numbers of dabblers.  A drake Eurasian Wigeon still
largely in alternate plumage (with strongly rusty flanks) and an
striking aberrant blonde-cheeked American Wigeon drake were the
waterfowl highlights.  20 Long-billed Dowitchers were feeding in
LaRue's Lagoon and provided nice comparison of juveniles and basic
adults.
A Broadway Rd. eBird list follows...
Cheers,
Tom


Location:     Broadway Rd.
Observation date:     10/12/07
Number of species:     33

Brant     1810
Canada Goose     35
Gadwall     2
American Wigeon     1
American Black Duck     15
Mallard     20
Northern Shoveler     7
Northern Pintail     55
Green-winged Teal     30
Redhead     2
Greater/Lesser Scaup     12
Surf Scoter     12
Black Scoter      3
White-winged Scoter     59
dark-winged scoter sp.     115
Common Goldeneye     1
Common Merganser     9
Red-breasted Merganser     65
Common Loon     7
Horned Grebe     4
Red-necked Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     60
Bald Eagle     4
Merlin     1
Peregrine Falcon     5
Ring-billed Gull     50
Herring Gull     12
Great Black-backed Gull     3
hummingbird sp.     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
American Pipit     1
Dark-eyed Junco     6
Red-winged Blackbird     10
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)



-- 
Thomas Brodie Johnson
Ithaca, NY
tbj4 AT cornell.edu
mobile: 

Greetings,
Shawn Billerman, Mike Harvey, and I seawatched from the end of
Broadway Rd. (west of Fair Haven) this morning before heading back to
Ithaca for class.  The notable aspect of the waterbird flight was 1810
Brant, all heading east, with some flocks peeling off to the south
away from the lake.  It seems from other reports that the Brant flight
today was observed widely across central New York and extended away
from the Ontario lakeshore down into at least Cayuga Lake.
Disappointingly, I had but a quick look at a hummingbird that shot
past heading east - I couldn't see anything on the bird in terms of
coloration, but at this date, a western migrant is just about as
likely as a late Ruby-throated...  Other notables at Broadway included
good scoter numbers, 1 Red-necked Grebe, and 5 Peregrine Falcons.
Just inland from Broadway Rd., we encountered large numbers of
migrants, mostly Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, and
Yellow-rumped Warblers, lining the roadsides.  A single Vesper Sparrow
was the most notable bird.
Montezuma NWR is filling up with waterfowl, with large numbers of
Canada Goose and Aythya coming into the Main Pool to accompany
continuing strong numbers of dabblers.  A drake Eurasian Wigeon still
largely in alternate plumage (with strongly rusty flanks) and an
striking aberrant blonde-cheeked American Wigeon drake were the
waterfowl highlights.  20 Long-billed Dowitchers were feeding in
LaRue's Lagoon and provided nice comparison of juveniles and basic
adults.
A Broadway Rd. eBird list follows...
Cheers,
Tom


Location:     Broadway Rd.
Observation date:     10/12/07
Number of species:     33

Brant     1810
Canada Goose     35
Gadwall     2
American Wigeon     1
American Black Duck     15
Mallard     20
Northern Shoveler     7
Northern Pintail     55
Green-winged Teal     30
Redhead     2
Greater/Lesser Scaup     12
Surf Scoter     12
Black Scoter      3
White-winged Scoter     59
dark-winged scoter sp.     115
Common Goldeneye     1
Common Merganser     9
Red-breasted Merganser     65
Common Loon     7
Horned Grebe     4
Red-necked Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     60
Bald Eagle     4
Merlin     1
Peregrine Falcon     5
Ring-billed Gull     50
Herring Gull     12
Great Black-backed Gull     3
hummingbird sp.     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
American Pipit     1
Dark-eyed Junco     6
Red-winged Blackbird     10
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)



-- 
Thomas Brodie Johnson
Ithaca, NY
tbj4 AT cornell.edu
mobile: 

More siskin sightings, redpolls now in Minnesota and Michigan and another early 
Bohemian Waxwing report from NH! 


100+ BRANT moving ESE over Rte 81 just north of Tully this morning.

Fall is on its' way

Matt



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Onondaga Audubon Society presents
Nocturnal Flight Calls of Migrating Birds
In conjunction with SUNY-ESF
Wednesday, October 17
6:30 PM

Bill Evans, Executive Director of Old Bird Inc., will speak on
acoustic monitoring of nocturnal migration and the conservation
implications of this technique. Bill is one of North America's premier
experts on the calls of nocturnal migrants and the study of these
largely unseen movements that involve the majority of our songbirds.
He will discuss using acoustic monitoring in assessing the impacts of
industrial wind turbines, cell towers and other projects on these
birds.
http://www.oldbird.org

A recent article in the New York Times on the basics of bird migration
called Bill's work, "the Rosetta Stone of night calls."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/science/18angi.html

This will take place in Room 310, Marshall Hall, Campus of the State
University College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Please refer
to the SUNY-ESF website for directions:
http://www.esf.edu/maps/default.htm

Tom Carrolan, OAS Communications
http://www.hawksaloft.com
==============================================
No society that feeds its children on tales 
of successful violence can expect them 
not to believe that violence in the end 
is rewarded. 
  -- Margaret Mead, anthropologist ()
==============================================

My Siskins left after a short time but afterwards my first Fox  
Sparrow of the season appeared under the feeders.

Bill Purcell
Hastings NY 13076
wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com






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I just got home from an afternoon of birding local areas to find at  
least 13 Pine Siskins at my feeders at 4 PM. Generally low numbers of  
birds otherwise.

Bill Purcell
Hastings NY 13076
wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com






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 Hello all. I headed west today to try for some of the great birds that have 
been reported recently from Montezuma NWR and the south end of Irondequoit Bay 
in Rochester. These are some of the highlights. 


Montezuma NWR:
EURASIAN WIGEON very red male on the main pool
2 CACKLING GEESE behind the visitor center
good numbers of expected waterfowl

Irondequoit Bay:
HUDSONIAN GODWIT continues to be cooperative
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL single adult
LITTLE GULL adult among the Bonaparte's Gulls
5 Stilt Sandpipers 
2 Rusty Blackbirds

 The Little Gull and LBBG were not present when I first arrived in Rochester at 
about 12:30 PM. I found the LBBG at about 3:00 PM and the Little Gull at 3:30 
PM. The Little Gull was often completely obscured by the other gulls in the 
flock and it might take a good deal of patience to find the bird if it isn't 
flying or in the front of the flock. The godwit was present and giving great 
looks the whole time. I'll try and get some photos up on my blog tomorrow. Good 
birding, 


Andrew VanNorstrand
Fulton, NY
www.birdsandmusic.blogspot.com
www.vfiddle.com 




       
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On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning [pre- and post-frontal] I
was out on the eastern end of Lake Ontario. As elsewhere, the
convergence of land, water and weather concentrates stuff.

Tuesday [10/9]: I had a close-up view of a Cackling Goose over Bishop
Road, west of Pulaski NY. Just as the rain started and the winds began
shifting, a group of two dozen Canada Geese were losing altitude
rapidly. Less than a hundred yards away and just a hundred feet up, I
spotted a small, sandy brown bird third from the end of the line of
darker backed geese. For a second I thought it was going to be some
kind of duck. Upon getting optics on the bird, now much closer, it was
clearly a Canada Goose with a stubby bill on a round head. In addition
the neck was dark, short and thick. Overall, the bird was about half
the size of the Canada Geese in its group. A terrific look. 

At the front's edge, I also had an assortment of rain birds moving out
of the northeast.
86 Turkey Vultures [dropping out of the sky in one long line]
 4 Ospreys 
 7 Northern Harriers [1 adult male, 6 juveniles]
 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
 1 Cooper's Hawk
 1 Red-tailed Hawk [adult]
Also 4 Snow Geese were associated with one group of a dozen Canada
Geese dropping in ahead of the squall line.

Wednesday [10/10]: I backtracked to Derby Hill from a quiet Bishop
Road on SE winds and ran into a very nice flight of hawks. I had
expected to maybe see some birds coming around the corner of the lake
from NE to SW. I based this idea on a fair number of TVs and some
other birds headed SSW right at Rts 104B and 3 on my way up. The
surprise at Derby Hill was an hour and a half of juvenile Red-tailed
Hawks headed ENE along the shoreline. At this location TVs were few,
but young Redtails were streaming, even kettling in groups of up to
twenty birds.

Now I know it's October, but this was clearly a dispersal movement...
just like the flights seen on August and September warm swells.
Missing from this October phenomenon were juvenile Broadwings [zero].
Considering I'd already seen a couple hundred TVs earlier in the
morning east of the lake, six Vultures from the Derby Hill vantage was
interesting too. Compared to what I had just seen a mile away, this
was approaching zero [quantum theory of hawkwatching, unpublished].

  6 Turkey Vultures [all up high with the RTs]
  3 Bald Eagles [2 fresh juvs, 1 adult; all very high and moving]
  2 Sharp-shinned Hawks
  1 Cooper's Hawk
  1 Red-shouldered Hawk [juv]
141 Red-tailed Hawks [6 adults clearly moving, with all the rest juvs]
Again, this Derby Hill snapshot was from only 1.5 hours of observation. 

Like shorebirds, there is an interval when hawks of different regions
and ages hold either the northbound or southbound idea as each day
begins and may literally pass each other headed in opposite directions.

Tom Carrolan
Liverpool NY
http://www.hawksaloft.com
...................................................
Not everything that counts can be counted and
not everything that can be counted counts.
  -- Albert Einstein
...................................................

Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 10, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture              
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk               
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk             
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                     

Total:                     
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Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7.5 hours

Official Counter: Steve Hall

Observers:        Marilyn Leahy, Ralph Niederlander

Visitors:
3


Weather:
Mostly sunny,very light S/SW wind.

Raptor Observations:


Non-raptor Observations:
Flyover Stilt Sandpiper.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Steve Hall ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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Along with my usual gang of blue jays at the peanut feeder this morning 
was one with a tail marked with day-glo orange down the center.  At 
first I thought I was seeing things.  It appears to be a migrant 
because I saw it only once and it hasn't been back.

Does anyone know if this bird is part of a study? Or is it the act of 
some deranged birder tired of jays emptying their feeder?

Cheri Sassman
Utica, NY
lightpainter AT verizon.net

Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 09, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk              
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                      

Total:                      
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Observation start time: 08:45:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 6.25 hours

Official Counter: Tom Salo

Observers:        Marilyn Leahy

Visitors:
Bob Shultis


Weather:
Warm, hazy at times, variable, light winds, low cloud ceiling. Clouds
enveloped the site and the ridge until just before 9 am when visibility
cleared rapidly. 

Raptor Observations:
Local Cooper's and juvenile Red-shouldered.

Non-raptor Observations:
Catbird, towhee, Yellow-rumped Warbler and lots of White-throated Sparrows.
Blue Jays and geese going south - mostly Canada with 5 Snows mixed into one
flock. Monarchs moving in good but diminishing numbers.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Tom Salo ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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I have a few straggling foxglove flowers yet in bloom, and just saw a 
hummingbird probing the blossoms a few minutes ago! I thought that they had 
left 

the area.....

Daniel Leete
South Onondaga


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I made a trip to Fairhaven this morning. I did not see anything out of the 
ordinary. 

Birds seen:

Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover-3
Merlin
Sharp-shin Hawk
Semi-palmated Plover-2
Dunlin-8
Green-wing teal-6
Red-head-4
Mute Swan-4

Joseph Brin
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Baldwinsville, N.Y.

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     Twenty-seven species were observed in the cemetery this morning. 
Birds of some interest included: Wild Turkey-19, Pileated Woodpecker-1, 
Eastern Phoebe-1, Brown Creeper-1, Winter Wren-1, Ruby-crowned Kinglet-
1, and Northern Mockingbird.
     Later in the day, I went to Morgan Hill State Forest with my 
grandchildren and walked a very short distance on the Finger Lakes 
Trail.  An adult Bald Eagle was seen by all of us perched in a dead 
snag at the north end of the fire control pond which is adjacent to 
Shackham Rd.  Good Birding.  Gene Huggins.   

Franklin Mt.
Oneonta, New York, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 08, 2007
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                
Turkey Vulture               
Osprey                       
Bald Eagle                   
Northern Harrier             
Sharp-shinned Hawk          
Cooper's Hawk                
Northern Goshawk             
Red-shouldered Hawk          
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tailed Hawk              
Rough-legged Hawk            
Golden Eagle                 
American Kestrel             
Merlin                       
Peregrine Falcon             
Unknown                                     

Total:                      
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Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 16:00:00 
Total observation time: 8 hours

Official Counter: Fred Reckner

Observers:        Andrea Lodovice

Visitors:
16


Weather:
Mostly cloudy, visibility 5 to 20 km with haze, moderate SSW to W winds
with occasional gusts to 25km/hr and showers after 15:30.

Raptor Observations:
Imm BE  AT  12:46.  Local RT and TV's.

Non-raptor Observations:
Flock of ~ 75 Snow Geese, numerous E. Robins, E. Bluebirds, C. Waxwings,
Flicker pair, R.S. Towhee, spike Buck, light flight of Monarchs.
========================================================================
Report submitted by Fred Reckner ()
Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
www.FranklinMt.org



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There was a small hawk flight on Sunday over Bishop Road west of  
Pulaski when the weather cleared at 10 AM. Most of the birds came by  
before 11:15 AM when the flight slowed considerably, probably pushed  
inland by the developing lake breeze. I was hoping for my first Rough- 
leg of the season but they'll get here soon. Also seen were 280 Brant  
coming off Lake Ontario a mile east of Derby Hill and another 120  
Brant at Derby Hill.

Turkey Vulture     112
Osprey     2
Bald Eagle     8
Northern Harrier     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     5
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     40
American Kestrel     1



Bill Purcell
Hastings NY 13076
wpurcell AT twcny.rr.com






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RBA

*  New York
*  Syracuse
*   October 08, 2007
*  NYSY 0710.08

Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):October 01, 2007-October 08
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and MontezumaWetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County),
Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, & Madison.
compiled:October 08, 2:30 p.m. (EST)
compiler: Joseph Brin
Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org


#74 - Monday October 08, 2007


Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of October 
01, 2007 


Highlights:


PARASITIC JAEGER
EURASIAN WIGEON
CACKLING GOOSE
EVENING GROSBEAK
PINE SISKIN
EURASIAN COLLERED-COVE (Extralimital)



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

     On 10/6 an EURASIAN WIGEON was spottted in the Main Pool.


Oswego County
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 Trips to Sandy Pond on 10/2 and 10/4 produced 11 species of shorebirds. 
Highlights were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, BAIRD�S 
SANDPIPER, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. 

 On 10/4 1 PARASITIC JAEGER, 17 EVENING GROSBEAKS, 1 CACKLING GOOSE, 2 BLACK 
SCOTERS, and 9 SURF SCOTERS were seen from the bluff at Derby Hill. 



Madison County
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 On 10/7 6 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at the Sod Farm north of 
Chittenango. 

 On 10/7 3 PINE SISKENS were observed on Coon Tree Lane on the DeRuyter 
Reservoir. 



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

 On 10/2 an EURASIAN COLLERED-DOVE was seen in Port Crane northeast of 
Binghamton. According to the source the bird has been seen for over a month. 
The bird was seen on a telephone wire on Rt. 369 just south of Lock Street. See 
NYS Brids for more details. 



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Joseph Brin
Region 5
Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A.



 
       
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Susan--

The average date for the first Golden Eagle at the Franklin Mt. 
Hawkwatch over the past 18 years of counting is Oct. 5.  The mean 
date is Oct. 11.  The earliest date for a first Golden was 9/14/1997, 
and the latest was 11/12/1989, although that year saw very limited 
coverage, and is probably not representative.  The next latest first 
Golden date was10/24/1999.

The last 6 years have had nearly full-time coverage at the 
hawkwatch.  The average date for the first Golden in that period is 
Oct. 8.  Last year's first bird came on Oct. 9.

So, in short, anytime now!

Andy Mason

At 10:30 AM 10/7/2007, you wrote:

>Mr. Hall, I follow your Franklin Mt. reports diligently. I have been 
>wondering why no Golden Eagles this year. Is it too early, global 
>warming meaning they stay north longer or are they in decline as so 
>many other of our birds are? Birdy
>
>reports AT hawkcount.org wrote: Franklin Mt.
>Oneonta, New York, USA
>Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2007
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
>------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
>Black Vulture 0 0 0
>Turkey Vulture 7 40 56
>Osprey 0 8 111
>Bald Eagle 1 5 53
>Northern Harrier 1 10 37
>Sharp-shinned Hawk 
>Cooper's Hawk 3 20 66
>Northern Goshawk 1 2 4
>Red-shouldered Hawk 0 3 10
>Broad-winged Hawk 
>Red-tailed Hawk 
>Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
>Golden Eagle 0 0 0
>American Kestrel 2 9 63
>Merlin 0 0 15
>Peregrine Falcon 0 2 14
>Unknown 3 26
>
>Total: 
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>Observation start time: 07:00:00
>Observation end time: 15:00:00
>Total observation time: 8 hours
>
>Official Counter: Steve Hall
>
>Observers: Charlie Scheim, Sandy Perry, Tom Salo
>
>Visitors:
>Becky Bretton,Meradith/Dave Spencer.Audubon open house so many other
>visitors.
>
>Weather:
>Mostly sunny,SW winds/5mph
>
>Raptor Observations:
>Ad BE 10:59.Local Ad BE.
>
>Non-raptor Observations:
>
>========================================================================
>Report submitted by Steve Hall ()
>Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch information may be found at:
>www.FranklinMt.org
>
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>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>Birdy
>Susan Thuener
>Mohawk, NY
>suelee AT Prodigy.net
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Andrew Mason
1039 Peck St.
Jefferson, NY  12093

AndyMason AT earthling.net

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Hi folks,
The SUNY-ESF Birding Club is planning to visit the overlook on Sixty
Road between 5 and 6 pm Monday afternoon to see the eagles.

Is there another place you might recommend we look for other birds on
our way into and out of 3 Rivers? I know about the powerline nest
(west of Sixty Rd), but I've never seen anything there.

I'd really like the students to get excited about such a great place
that is so close to campus; they've driven to the St. Lawrence River
and Montezuma NWR, and spending more time driving than birdwatching....

I'm thinking of showing them the Phoenix dam, but I haven't been there
in weeks and don't know what to expect.

Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Pat Sullivan
Pennellville