[cayugabirds-l] Etna, NY: Bicknell's Thrush!
Early this morning, while awake and listening to the sounds of the occasional but regular waves of migrants passing overhead (through the audio feed coming in through my Bill Evans-style rooftop-mounted microphone) I bolted alert after hearing this much higher frequency and longer in duration "Gray-cheeked Thrush", immediately thinking Bicknell's Thrush. I turned on my laptop monitor and snapped into the buffer in the Raven Pro sound analysis software to locate the call that had just occurred. Upon seeing the call structure in Raven, it was immediately recognizable as being a beautiful example of a BICKNELL'S THRUSH! This bird probably passed within a few hundred yards of my recording station in Etna, NY, shortly after 1:15am. The winds are relatively calm right now, with the directional movement of birds being out of the Northeast (Adirondacks). This call conservatively peaks out at 4.908 kHz (or even 5.01kHz, depending upon how I adjust my spectrogram settings), and has a call duration being fairly "long" at 387 milliseconds. The call structure has a sharply peaked onset, with a relatively long and even descent. Gray-cheeked Thrush lacks the sharply peaked onset and is typically much more arched in appearance. Further, the typical Gray-cheeked Thrush call peaks out around 4.0kHz, with occasional variation to 4.5kHz. This call recording can be listened to by going to the message posted to the NFC-L Archive, here: http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/msg00888.html. Good birding and night listening! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hog Hole Saturday
I missed the Swainson's Thrush, Lincoln's Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Philadelphia Vireo, as well as the Great Crested Flycatcher which I think Bob mentioned he & Stuart saw before I arrived. Other species Bob omitted or missed included: American Black Duck, 3 Pied-billed Grebes in lagoon & Belted Kingfisher nearby, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Tennessee Warbler, immature White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch, Rock Pigeon (regular flight of about 70, possibly commuting between Ithaca & Taughannock)After Bob & Stuart left, I added Palm Warbler, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Turkey Vulture, and a second Marsh Wren (in weedy field within mowed path, far from burr-reed slough by lagoon where first one was). --Dave NutterOn Sep 29, 2012, at 01:28 PM, bob mcguire wrote:The north end of Cass Park/lake shore/Hog Hole was hopping this morning! On the way in at 8 am I ran into Shai Mitra and his wife (I think) who were just leaving. They mentioned seeing a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, numerous Swamp Sparrows, and four NELSON'S SPARROWS. I was joined shortly thereafter by Stu Krasnoff. As we walked in along the western edge of the field, we came upon a feeding flock that contained, in addition to a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers, at least one NASHVILLE and one MAGNOLIA WARBLER as well as a possible Bay- breasted Warbler. A Carolina Wren and Northern Flickers were calling in the background. Dave Nutter arrived soon after that, and the three of us walked the field to the right of the trail, flushing at least four, possibly five NELSON'S SPARROWS, several Song and Swamp Sparrows, and Common Yellowthroats. We then turned our attention to the jetty where the usual mix of gulls and cormorants were getting ready for the crew races (stretching, preening, testing their calls). Among them were two CASPIAN TERNS and a single COMMON TERN. The tern was molting, with the hint of a white forehead and emerging carpal bar. After that we slogged through the grass at Hog Hole, flushing Song and Swamp Sparrows and one fresh-looking LINCOLN'S SPARROW. In the reeds along the channel to the west was a calling MARSH WREN, and in the water itself were numerous Mallards, 6 WOOD DUCKS, 3 GREEN-WING TEAL, a Common Merganser, a Coot, and a (the) COMMON GALLINULE. Heading back south through the woods we encountered a small flock with chickadees, 2 Eastern Phoebes, several Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Nashville Warbler (possible the same one Stu and I had earlier in the same area), more Carolina Wrens, and a Red-bellied Woodpecker. Finally, Dave and I walked east, past the marina and through the grove of tall trees along the inlet. We found another feeding flock containing: PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 2 RED-EYED VIREOS, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers, and (most surprising to me), a SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Since I did not take notes and am writing this from memory, I hope that Stu and Dave will chime in with additions/corrections. It was certainly a great morning to be out! Bob McGuire-- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'>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/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[cayugabirds-l] Owasco Inlet 9292012 -West Side
As a result of the postings yesterday regarding weather and fall out, Tom Riley and I decided to bird the west side of Owasco Inlet for approximately three and half hours this morning managing to observe 38 species including the following: 600+ Canada geese2 Wood Duck14 Mallard1 Pied-billed Grebe2 Double-crested Cormorant4 Great Blue Heron1 Bald Eagle (mature)1 Red-tailed Hawk38 Ring-billed Gull2 Belted Kingfisher3 Red-bellied Woodpecker4 Downy Woodpecker1 Hairy Woodpecker7 Northern Flicker2 Pileated Woodpecker1 Eastern Phoebe2 Blue-headed Vireo2 Red-eyed Vireo16 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 7 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 3 Eastern Starling 5 Nashville Warbler 1 Common Yellow Throat 1 Magnolia Warbler35 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Black-throated Green Warbler 5 White-throated Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow10 Swamp Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 6 Red-winged Blackbird13 American Goldfinch Thanks. Good birding! Bill Bill RobertsAurora -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] RBA Montezuma Trip Highlights
Highlights from today's Montezuma trip included 2 American Golden Plovers, 2 Sanderlings, 2 Snipe and 2 Dunlin at the shorebird flats along the main pool drive. At Tschache pool playing a Chickadee mobbing tape in the east side scrub drew out 2 Orange-crowned Warblers and 1 Wilson's Warbler. From East Road overlooking Knox-Marcellus Marsh there were 8 Sandhill Cranes, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 6 Snow Geese,(including 2 Blue Morph) and 5 Black-bellied Plovers. The American Avocet could be seen at Puddler's Marsh. 2 Peregrine Falcons flushed the few shorebirds there and later were joined by a third swooping acrobatically through a cloud of Starlings in the distance. Mike and Joann Tetlow -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Sat AM
Spent the morning at Montezuma, great day to be outside birding! (finds at Knox-Marsellus were with the Rochester Birding Association - thanks Mike). Auto Route: Pectoral Sandpipers Trumpeter Swans (family of 5) Bald Eagles (2 adult/ 2 Imm.) American Pipits Savannah Sparrows Am Wigeon Tschache Pool Parking Lot: Palm Warbler Nashville Warbler Wilson's Warbler YR Warblers White-throated Sparrows Swamp Sparrows Esker Brook Trail: RC Kinglets GC Kinglets (+dozen!) YB Sapsucker Brown Creeper Rusty Blackbird Blue-headed Vireo Knox-Marsellus: Am Avocet (1) Ring-billed Duck Sandhill Cranes (4 adults/1 Imm) -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Hog Hole Saturday
The north end of Cass Park/lake shore/Hog Hole was hopping this morning! On the way in at 8 am I ran into Shai Mitra and his wife (I think) who were just leaving. They mentioned seeing a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, numerous Swamp Sparrows, and four NELSON'S SPARROWS. I was joined shortly thereafter by Stu Krasnoff. As we walked in along the western edge of the field, we came upon a feeding flock that contained, in addition to a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers, at least one NASHVILLE and one MAGNOLIA WARBLER as well as a possible Bay- breasted Warbler. A Carolina Wren and Northern Flickers were calling in the background. Dave Nutter arrived soon after that, and the three of us walked the field to the right of the trail, flushing at least four, possibly five NELSON'S SPARROWS, several Song and Swamp Sparrows, and Common Yellowthroats. We then turned our attention to the jetty where the usual mix of gulls and cormorants were getting ready for the crew races (stretching, preening, testing their calls). Among them were two CASPIAN TERNS and a single COMMON TERN. The tern was molting, with the hint of a white forehead and emerging carpal bar. After that we slogged through the grass at Hog Hole, flushing Song and Swamp Sparrows and one fresh-looking LINCOLN'S SPARROW. In the reeds along the channel to the west was a calling MARSH WREN, and in the water itself were numerous Mallards, 6 WOOD DUCKS, 3 GREEN-WING TEAL, a Common Merganser, a Coot, and a (the) COMMON GALLINULE. Heading back south through the woods we encountered a small flock with chickadees, 2 Eastern Phoebes, several Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Nashville Warbler (possible the same one Stu and I had earlier in the same area), more Carolina Wrens, and a Red-bellied Woodpecker. Finally, Dave and I walked east, past the marina and through the grove of tall trees along the inlet. We found another feeding flock containing: PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 2 RED-EYED VIREOS, 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers, and (most surprising to me), a SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Since I did not take notes and am writing this from memory, I hope that Stu and Dave will chime in with additions/corrections. It was certainly a great morning to be out! Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant
An adult Golden Eagle just flew over. Ann Mitchell -- 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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Marsh Wren (2), Orange-crowned Warbler in northeast Ithaca
I had a productive walk this morning through some local spots in northeast Ithaca. Highlights were two cooperative MARSH WRENS in the cattails and other vegetation at the marshy northeast corner of the small pond just north of Liddell Lab (118 Freese Road). There also was an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at the edge of the woods immediately east of Liddell (the main building), just south of the track. Other birds about included Nashville, Yellow-rumped, and Palm warblers, the expected Common Yellowthroats, and a late Ovenbird (east side of the Equine Research Park woods), an immature White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow (3 along the east side of the Equine Research Park woods, 4 more in the Freese Road community gardens), three Indigo Buntings, two Eastern Towhees, and other expected migrants. It's a nice day to be out. Pick a favorite patch, and give it a check. Good birding, tss -- Thomas S. Schulenberg Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca NY 14850 http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/home http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist voice: 607.254.1113 email: ts...@cornell.edu, tschulenb...@gmail.com -- 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/ --
