[cayugabirds-l] Sapsucker Woods, Sun 5/2/10
Many birds and birders were out in Sapsucker Woods on Sunday morning. Birds were numerous and diverse, but weren't always easy to detect. Everyone seems to be finding a different mix this morning. Here are some highlights, shared mostly with Sydney Penner. * WINTER WREN (singing deep in woods east of Woodleton Boardwalk -- incessant at 6:40 but hard to hear because of distance and loud nearby waterthrush song; wren heard much closer from here yesterday) * BROWN THRASHER (one by Rte. 13, one by visitor parking lot) * WOOD THRUSH, VEERY (heard calling once), and HERMIT THRUSH (heard calling once; Sydney saw it) * EASTERN BLUEBIRD (nest box on knoll by second staff parking lot) * ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK * BALTIMORE ORIOLE * RUSTY BLACKBIRD (2+ singing, mostly from south edge of main pond) * BOBOLINK (flying over, singing full song) * GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (several throughout), LEAST FLYCATCHER, and EASTERN KINGBIRD * NASHVILLE WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER (heard singing a couple of times; not seen), BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (two on territory by Woodleton; one probable passage migrant by Wilson Trail lone bench), and OVENBIRD * WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (two in feeder garden) * PILEATED WOODPECKER on the ground (I love how male Pileated Woodpeckers become obsessively focused on foraging, and therefore much less wary, in May). My full eBird list is below. In addition, I heard second-hand reports of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, and others. Mark Chao Location: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Observation date: 5/2/10 Number of species: 53 Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 3 Great Blue Heron 2 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 4 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Blue Jay 39 Tree Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 3 Brown Creeper 1 House Wren 3 Winter Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 5 Brown Thrasher 2 European Starling 11 Cedar Waxwing 9 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 5 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Ovenbird 2 Northern Waterthrush 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 Eastern Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 4 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Bobolink 1 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Rusty Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 9 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Lindsay-Parsons today
I birded Lindsay-Parsons this morning. from 7:30 to 9:30. It was pretty quiet. The only bird not noted earlier was a singing Yellow-throated Vireo which I first heard and then had great views of in sunlight. This was down near the earthern berm and the ponds. Sorry, I don't know all the names of various ponds and swamps etc. Also present was an osprey, singing Baltimore Oriole, Brown Thrashers, Common Yellowthroat and others that have been reported. Heard no Praire Warbler today. Have a great day. Linda -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] balt.oriole
This mornings yard birds: highlights are a male B. ORIOLE inspecting branch tips for a suitable spot to hang a nest. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW on the lawn. Sharply marked White-Throated Sparrow near the feeders. Yesterdays arrivals: four BARN SWALLOWS in and out of one of the barns. Upset with my lawn mowing. But then, so am I. Obvious nest builders: numerous Robins ; a Phoebe constantly bringing nest materials to a ledge over our front door; amorous Cardinals allo-preening and picking up (and dropping) nest mat'ls. Nest boxes occupied or under inspection by E. Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, House Sparrows. Lots of other birds in the yard but we are not aware of other new arrivals. We are both mostly deaf, so our birding has to be visual. Bill and Shirley McAneny, T'Burg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Park/Baldwin Prairie Warbler
Heard Prairie Warbler twice at the Park/Baldwin Preserve this morning (Sunday), although I did not venture very far into the preserve. 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 http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park / Jetty Woods 1st-cycle ICELAND GULL
Hi all, Bari Greenfeld, Noah Zallen, and I went birding around Stewart Park / Jetty Woods this morning. We joined Jay McGowan in the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary, and enroute to Jetty Woods we found a very late, first-cycle ICELAND GULL flying over the golf course, continuing northeast until it was out of sight. Cheers Nathan -- Nathan Robert Williams Undergraduate Student Earth and Atmospheric Sciences College of Engineering Cornell University c. 413.695.9896 e. nr...@cornell.edu home.comcast.net/~nrwhawk/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] MISSISSIPPI KITE southbound along Fall Creek Sun 5/2 PM
Chris Wood and Jessie Barry just saw a MISSISSIPPI KITE flying south along Fall Creek near the Dryden/Ithaca border (Sun 2:58 PM). Tom Johnson and Chris and Jessie are now off to Stewart Park to try to refind it. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Nature Center , 5/2/10
Attached is my eBird list from this morning's good walk at CNC. Most notable were the (heard only) Hooded Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush, both on territories they have held for several years. We did have a look at singing Wood Thrush, B Oriole and Towhee, among others. Guided walks will continue the next two Sundays (May 9 and 16) at 7:30. Location: Cayuga Nature Center Observation date: 5/2/10 Number of species: 46 Canada Goose 1 Mallard 1 Ruffed Grouse 1 Wild Turkey 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 4 Nancy Dickinson -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Tanglewood Nature Center (Elmira, NY)
Hi all, I spent two hours birding at Tanglewood Nature Center (Elmira, Chemung Co., NY) this morning and found an influx of new species for the season. Highlights were a CERULEAN WARBLER (only my second in Chemung County) that was working an oldfield/deciduous woods edge, and a CLIFF SWALLOW (only the second time I've seen this species away from bridges crossing the Chemung River) that was mingling with the Tree Swallows that nest around the nature center and parking lot. Several first of year birds are noted on my full eBird checklist, below. Good birding! Mike -- Mike Powers Horseheads, NY Location: Gleason Meadows Observation date: 5/2/10 Notes: Excellent variety of new arrivals observed. Cerulean Warbler and Cliff Swallow were the two highlights. Cliff Swallow seen and (badly) photographed mingling with Tree Swallows over the parking lot; Cerulean first heard then spotted in an oldfield neighboring deciduous forest (no photos). Conditions: (end) 82*F, 80% cloud cover, no winds, no precipitation. Number of species: 56 Canada Goose 2 Ruffed Grouse 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 5 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 First for the year. Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 9 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 16 CLIFF SWALLOW 1 First for the year. Black-capped Chickadee 12 Tufted Titmouse 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Brown Creeper 2 House Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 Wood Thrush 2 First for the year. American Robin 22 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 5 European Starling 2 Cedar Waxwing 12 Blue-winged Warbler 6 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 9 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 First for the year. Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Prairie Warbler 2 First for the year. Palm Warbler 2 CERULEAN WARBLER 1 First for the year. Ovenbird 3 Common Yellowthroat 3 Scarlet Tanager 5 First for the year. Eastern Towhee 7 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 9 Song Sparrow 7 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 First for the year. Red-winged Blackbird 7 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 American Goldfinch 11 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Whip-poor-will in Lansing
About half an hour ago, from the parking lot at 3109 N. Triphammer Rd. (SE corner of Triphammer and Peruville roads), I heard a WHIP-POOR- WILL calling. It was instantly recognizable despite the competing spring peepers, toads, and traffic! Lisa Wood -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] MISSISSIPPI KITE, Freese Rd. 2:40pm (Tompkins Co.)
As you may have heard, Jessie and I observed a Mississippi Kite this afternoon shortly after Tom Johnson and the two of us saw Black Vulture flying overhead northeast of the Ithaca airport. Thanks to Tom Johnson and Mark Chao for helping get the word out. Jessie and I were headed down Hanshaw road, just north of Monkey Run (north) when we saw the bird coming out of circle. I immediately pulled over (much to the dismay of nearby drivers who appeared to be unaware of a vehicle’s ability when a rare raptor is spotted). Jessie and I watched the bird cruise west and out of sight. We quickly drove to Freese Road and pulled over near the garden plots, where the bird circled to the south over the creek and then continued to glide westward along the creek before dipping down below the trees. We continued on to various places but were unable to refind the bird. The kite was similar in shape to a Peregrine Falcon, but slimmer bodied and with narrower wings and narrower tail (making it appear fairly long tailed). The narrow tail widened slightly at the tip (unlike Peregrine). The lighting was poor, but the bird appeared grayish overall with a much paler head. When viewed from above as it circled against the trees at one point, the secondaries contrasted paler than the rest of the wings and tail. This pale area was the secondaries and not the tips to the greater secondary coverts. We did not see any sign of rufous in the wings and did not see any barring on the tail. This appeared to be an adult given the pattern on the secondaries. I’m not completely familiar with how much variability exists in the pattern on the remiges with second-cycle kites, but the extensive pale secondaries seem to indicate an adult. The tail barring on immatures is often difficult to detect in poor light, so not noting barring on the tail probably doesn’t mean too much. Hopefully the bird will float around tomorrow so that others can enjoy it. Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
