RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose
The Moist Soil Unit was the earlier unofficial name. And Larue's Lagoon is actually Lesser Yellowlegs. They should have had a naming contest. Jane -Original Message- From: bounce-7383406-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 8:22 PM To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose Now that's poetic! From: bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:59 PM To: Jane Graves Cc: W Larry Hymes; cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose I've also heard it called the Moist Soil Unit. On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jane Graves jgra...@skidmore.edumailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu wrote: Cayugabirders - The name of the new wet area is the not very original Shorebird Flats. Jane Graves -Original Message- From: bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of W. Larry Hymes Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 3:12 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose While in the area, Sara Jane and I stopped by Montezuma yesterday afternoon. Among the waterfowl seen were Mallard, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Scaup (sp.), Ring-necked Duck, and Ruddy Duck. A couple birds of special interest were a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Larue's Lagoon and a DUNLIN at the new wet area on the left side of the north end of the first long straight stretch of the Auto Loop (someone needs to give it a name!!!). Isn't this getting a little late for shorebirds to still be here, or has the nice weather caused some individuals to tarry awhile longer? Don't know if we were seeing Cackling Geese, but we noticed considerable size variation among some of the Canada Geese in the new wet area. Some seemed smaller than normal, and there was one individual that was much larger than the rest. Could these differences be due to different subspecies that just happened to be there at the time, or can there be substantial variation like this in a population of a single subspecies? When casually viewing flocks of Canada's in the past, we can't recall ever noticing this much variation in size. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edumailto:w...@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/ -- -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edumailto:t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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 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 Thursday Morning
Hello, I enjoyed sorting through a nice diversity of birds at Stewart Park this morning. The juvenile RED-THROATED-LOON was much closer today, right behind the red jetty; and a new flotilla of Aythya ducks arrived overnight. A BRANT with the Mallards east of the dock was the first I've seen since October. Location: Stewart Park Observation date: 11/18/10 Number of species: 37 Brant (Atlantic) - Branta bernicla hrota 1 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 150 Gadwall - Anas strepera 1 American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 12 American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) - Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos 1 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 200 Redhead - Aythya americana 16 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila 7 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis 4 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 40 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus 9 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser 6 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis 14 Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata 1 Common Loon - Gavia immer 3 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 12 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus 2 adults on snag, one bird banded blue P25 on right leg, silver on left leg Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus 1 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 2 American Coot - Fulica americana 30 Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia 3 all immatures Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 50 Herring Gull (American) - Larus argentatus smithsonianus 75 Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 18 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia 2 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 1 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 2 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 10 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 3 Winter Wren (Eastern) - Troglodytes troglodytes hiemalis/pusillus 1 singing softly from the east end of the swan pen Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 50 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 8 sparrow sp. - Emberizidae sp. 1 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 1 House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 1 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 3 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 5 -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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] White-winged Crossbill
This morning I had a single White-winged Crossbill flyover calling at Monkey Run (but not from the yard). Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu Senior Leader, WINGS Birding Tours http://wingsbirds.com -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose
Never too late for a good naming contest. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:42 AM, Jane Graves jgra...@skidmore.edu wrote: The Moist Soil Unit was the earlier unofficial name. And Larue's Lagoon is actually Lesser Yellowlegs. They should have had a naming contest. Jane -Original Message- From: bounce-7383406-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 8:22 PM To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White- fronted Goose Now that's poetic! From: bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7383224-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tim Lenz Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:59 PM To: Jane Graves Cc: W Larry Hymes; cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White- fronted Goose I've also heard it called the Moist Soil Unit. On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jane Graves jgra...@skidmore.edumailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu wrote: Cayugabirders - The name of the new wet area is the not very original Shorebird Flats. Jane Graves -Original Message- From: bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-7382481-3493...@list.cornell.edu on behalf of W. Larry Hymes Sent: Wed 11/17/2010 3:12 PM To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edumailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma - Dunlin, Greater White-fronted Goose While in the area, Sara Jane and I stopped by Montezuma yesterday afternoon. Among the waterfowl seen were Mallard, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Scaup (sp.), Ring- necked Duck, and Ruddy Duck. A couple birds of special interest were a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Larue's Lagoon and a DUNLIN at the new wet area on the left side of the north end of the first long straight stretch of the Auto Loop (someone needs to give it a name!!!). Isn't this getting a little late for shorebirds to still be here, or has the nice weather caused some individuals to tarry awhile longer? Don't know if we were seeing Cackling Geese, but we noticed considerable size variation among some of the Canada Geese in the new wet area. Some seemed smaller than normal, and there was one individual that was much larger than the rest. Could these differences be due to different subspecies that just happened to be there at the time, or can there be substantial variation like this in a population of a single subspecies? When casually viewing flocks of Canada's in the past, we can't recall ever noticing this much variation in size. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@cornell.edumailto:w...@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/ -- -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edumailto:t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- 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 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/ --
