So , instead of admiring the ducks at Wegman's, next time I'll be looking for rarities.!
Smile: it's contagious! Donna Jean On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:08 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, November 14, 2013. > >1. Audubons Warbler >2. Wegmans area birds; Stewart Park >3. Monday Night Seminar: November 18--Behind the Scenes With Bird Cams--Live >Stream >4. Re: Wegmans area birds; Stewart Park >5. Mt Pleasant Horned Larks > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: Audubons Warbler >From: Christopher Wood <pinic...@gmail.com> >Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:45:58 -0500 >X-Message-Number: 1 > >There is an Audubons Warbler along the canal on the west side of the >Wegmans parking lot (Ithaca). 7:45 thursday 14 November. > >Team Sapsucker >Cornell Lab > > >-- >Chris Wood > >eBird & Neotropical Birds Project Leader >Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York >http://ebird.org/ >http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: Wegmans area birds; Stewart Park >From: Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> >Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:26:59 -0500 >X-Message-Number: 2 > >I spent some time looking for the Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler that Team >Sapsucker found at Wegmans this morning. I did hear it give its distinctive >chip note on the other side of the canal, but I never got a look at it. >Several MYRTLE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were around, as well as the >continuing YELLOW WARBLER and a very late LINCOLN'S SPARROW! I will check >for the Audubon's again at lunch time and will post if it is still around. > >At Stewart Park, a female BLACK SCOTER is hanging out with the Ruddy Duck >flock off the east end, giving very nice looks. Redheads and both scaup are >also present. > >Also, nothing incredible but some cool birds at Myers yesterday morning >with the strong north winds, including tons of loons (some higher up than I >have ever seen a bird!), a smattering of waterfowl, and some nice Snow >Buntings: >http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15657710 > >-Jay > >-- >Jay McGowan >Macaulay Library >Cornell Lab of Ornithology >jw...@cornell.edu > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: Monday Night Seminar: November 18--Behind the Scenes With Bird >Cams--Live Stream >From: Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> >Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:13:58 -0500 >X-Message-Number: 3 > >Hello All, > > > >Please join us at 7:30 p.m. on November 18th for the next Monday Night >Seminar. As always, these seminars are free and open to the public. The >doors open at 7:00. > > >Once more, and for the final time this semester, we will be streaming the >presentation live—Bookmark this >page<http://dl.allaboutbirds.org/cornelllab-monday-night-seminars?__hstc=132624273.2323bdcc7ef7bed16dcec999613d549e.1366034604572.1384441996414.1384448327124.194&__hssc=132624273.1.1384448327124&__hsfp=2279697681>for >easy access on Monday evening. And >if you missed the last two live-streamed seminars, you can check them out >here<http://www.birds.cornell.edu/page.aspx?pid=1579&calendar=cornell.lab.of.ornithol...@gmail.com> >. > > > >Hope you can make it! > > > > > >*Behind the Scenes With Bird Cams* > >*Speaker: Charles Eldermire, Bird Cams Project Leader, Cornell Lab of >Ornithology. Host: Miyoko Chu* > >There's a lot more to Bird Cams than providing live, streaming video of >cute nestlings. Eldermire will take listeners behind the scenes of this >hugely popular Cornell Lab project. He'll discuss some of the unexpected >pleasures and problems that arise when unscripted natural history plays out >before the eyes of millions of deeply engaged fans. > > >This seminar will be streamed live. Copy the following web address into >your browser to see and hear the presentation: >http://dl.allaboutbirds.org/cornelllab-monday-night-seminars > > > > > > > >*More Upcoming Seminars:* > > > > > >*December 2* > >*Climate Change, Food Caching, and Winter Breeding: The Story of a >Declining Gray Jay Population* > >*Speaker: Ryan Norris, Department of Integrative Biology, University of >Guelph. Host: Irby Lovette* > >A bird of the Canadian boreal forests, Gray Jays breed in late winter >andrely on cached food to survive. But at the southern edge of the >bird’s >range in Algonquin Park, Ontario, the jays have been declining for the past >20 years. One hypothesis is that increasingly warmer fall temperatures are >spoiling cached food. Using data from a banded population that spans more >than 50 years as well as a series of novel experiments, Norris presents >results that test both the assumptions and predictions of the “hoard-rot >hypothesis.” > > > >*December 9 Cayuga Bird Club Meeting and Seminar* > >*The Way West: Birding with a Microphone* > >*Speaker: Bob McGuire, sound recordist, former CBC president, and editor of >"Birding the Cayuga Lake Basin." Host: Laura Stenzler* > >McGuire says recording bird song is his excuse for getting outdoors and for >traveling. He’ll describe a trip to record birds in Texas, Arizona, >California, and Oregon. The talk will include photos of the birds, their >habitats, and a selection of recordings. Cayuga Bird Club meeting and >speaker, starting at 7:15 with cookies and conversation. Bird club business >begins at 7:30 followed by the speaker presentation. All are invited and >welcome. > > > >*Seminars are held at 7:30* *p.m. in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's >Visitor Center auditorium except on night indicated as Cayuga Bird Club >meetings, with club business at 7:30 p.m., followed by the seminar. Doors >open at 7:00 and close when the auditorium is filled. Seminars are free and >open to the public. * > > > > > >Marc Devokaitis > >Lab of Ornithology > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: Re: Wegmans area birds; Stewart Park >From: Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> >Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:06:46 -0500 >X-Message-Number: 4 > >Audubon's Warbler still present across canal from Wegmans parking lot. >On Nov 14, 2013 10:26 AM, "Jay McGowan" <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> I spent some time looking for the Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler that >> Team Sapsucker found at Wegmans this morning. I did hear it give its >> distinctive chip note on the other side of the canal, but I never got a >> look at it. Several MYRTLE YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were around, as well as >> the continuing YELLOW WARBLER and a very late LINCOLN'S SPARROW! I will >> check for the Audubon's again at lunch time and will post if it is still >> around. >> >> At Stewart Park, a female BLACK SCOTER is hanging out with the Ruddy Duck >> flock off the east end, giving very nice looks. Redheads and both scaup are >> also present. >> >> Also, nothing incredible but some cool birds at Myers yesterday morning >> with the strong north winds, including tons of loons (some higher up than I >> have ever seen a bird!), a smattering of waterfowl, and some nice Snow >> Buntings: >> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15657710 >> >> -Jay >> >> -- >> Jay McGowan >> Macaulay Library >> Cornell Lab of Ornithology >> jw...@cornell.edu >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Subject: Mt Pleasant Horned Larks >From: "Marie P. Read" <m...@cornell.edu> >Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 02:10:49 +0000 >X-Message-Number: 5 > >HI all, > >Forgot to post this earlier, but a flock of 2 dozen or so Horned Larks flushed >up from the side of the road at the field that has just had corn harvested, >east end of Mt Pleasant Road, about 11 am today. First time I've seen Horned >Larks up there for weeks. > >Marie > > > > >Marie Read Wildlife Photography >452 Ringwood Road >Freeville NY 13068 USA > >Phone 607-539-6608 >e-mail m...@cornell.edu > >http://www.marieread.com/ > >***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from >iTunes > >http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 > > > >--- > >END OF DIGEST > > > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
