[cayugabirds-l] FW: 67+/- Great Egrets roosting at Montezuma NWR
Wednesday evening, August 17, and early Thursday morning, August 18, Jane Graves and I counted Great Egrets and noted their roosting habits at May's Point Pool and Knox-Marsellus Marsh at Montezuma NWR. At sunset, or so, on Wednesday, 5 GREGs from Knox-M flew to May's Point and joined the roosting flock there, making a total of 53+/- GREGs at May's. The remaing 14 GREGs at Knox-M roosted there for the evening. On Thursday at first light, those numbers had not changed, i.e. there was no further shifting of numbers at the two roost sites after last light. On Thursday morning, just prior to sunrise, 12 GREGs from the May's Point roost flew off to and landed at Knox-M. The 14 egrets who had spent the night at Knox-M dispersed locally and continued to forage at Knox-M. Back at May's Point, the remaining egrets foraged locally at May's but two of them flew off to the SE in the direction of the Visitor's Centre. Based on observations of roosting areas of egrets in southern Ontario and western New York,, it is unusual to have two egret roosts, simultaneously active, as close together as May's and Knox-M. It is also unusual to have egrets from one feeding area (Knox-M.) go to two different roosting sites (May's and Knox-M) for their evening siesta. Water levels undoubtedly are a partial factor in determining roosting locations, as a month ago water levels were much lower in Knox-M and egrets did not roost there. Jane (to a larger extent) and I (to a lesser extent) will try to keep tabs on the roosting egrets over the coming weeks. If any local birders would like to assist in tracking numbers of roosting egrets, please email one of us at: chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca, or jgra...@skidmore.edu Cheers, Chip Weseloh Toronto, Ontario From: Jane Graves [mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu] Sent: August 18, 2011 5:52 PM To: Weseloh,Chip [Ontario] Subject: RE: Photos of green wing-tagged GREGs Chip - I can post on GeneseeBirds. I'll send you my small report tomorrow morning. Jane -Original Message- From: Weseloh,Chip [Ontario] [mailto:chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca] Sent: Thu 8/18/2011 3:23 PM To: Jane Graves Subject: Photos of green wing-tagged GREGs Jane, Here are 2 different shots. Please credit Charles R. Smith. Great Egret 30R at West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell Ontario Great Egret 19H at Reesor Pond, Markham Ontario I also plan to do a small write-up tonight for you (?) to to post on Genesse Birds...can you do that? I don't know how to access them, though I get their posts. Thanks again for all your help.and for dinner...and I do most certainly owe you a drink in Arlington. Cheers., Chip D.V. Chip Weseloh, PhD. Senior Population Assessment Biologist Canadian Wildlife Service ON Environmental Stewardship Branch Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin St. Toronto (Ontario) M3H 5T4 chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca Telephone 416-739-5846 Facsimilie 416-739-5845 Government of Canada Website www.ec.gc.ca D.V. Chip Weseloh, PhD. Biologist Evaluation des populations Conservation des Populations Service canadien de la faune ON Direction générale de l'intendance environnementale Environnement Canada 4905 rue Dufferin Toronto (Ontario) M3H 5T4 chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca Téléphone 416-739-5846 Télécopieur 416-739-5845 Gouvernement du Canada Site Web www.ec.gc.ca -- 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] MNWR - Thursday evening
I'm a bit behind on my eBird entries. Highlight was the first conspicuous evidence of fall passerine migration, with many Bobolinks and a few Kingbirds along the Wildlife Dr. An immature Peregrine Falcon was perched near the Seneca Spillway - presumably the same bird first seen by Joe and Diana Whiting at Mays Point on Tuesday evening. Mays, Puddler, and Knox-Marsellus had fog late in the day. Visitor's Center: not many shorebirds but changes constantly Mays Point: plenty of shorebirds on the vegetation to the left and a few straight out; some dowitchers noted; plenty of peeps but viewing poor Puddler: viewing poor; lots of Caspian Terns and more dowitchers noted, but still very flooded and not a lot of shorebirds K-M: viewing poor, 1 or 2 Great Egrets For the last week or more, Great Egret numbers have been around 40-50 at Mays Pt plus a few at Benning Marsh and a few at K-M. Since Thursday evening's fog made viewing difficult, I may try a more complete look tonight at Mays. Dave Wheeler Oswego County NY -- 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] Bald Eagles on Dryden Lake
Hello, I am new to this list. I kayak 4 - 5 times per week on Dryden Lake and toward the middle of July I saw one adult Bald eagle almost every time I was out. Then 8/17 I saw two Bald Eagles flying at the same time about 5:15pm. How exciting! One was mature and the other was a large young one. There were both there on Thursday, too.I have not seen any nest. The adult was even on the lake the morning after the fireworks show. The adult enjoys flying over the kayak about 15 feet up. This morning I was on the lake and watched the eagle catch a fish just before the lightning storm hit. There are several pair of green herons, bitterns and of course great blue herons. There are many belted kingfishers, also. I have not seen any osprey. If anyone would like to kayak with me just e mail me at m...@cornell.edu. -- 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] MNWR - Thursday evening
I just got a look at Larue and Jackie's survey from this morning. They report fairly low numbers of shorebirds at Puddlers (and almost none at Knox-Marcellus), but they did see 28 dowitchers here, more than have been lately. The highlight at Mays Point was a reported 8 DUNLIN, as well as over a hundred other shorebirds, mostly peeps. Cheers, Jay On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:56 PM, tigge...@aol.com wrote: I'm a bit behind on my eBird entries. Highlight was the first conspicuous evidence of fall passerine migration, with many Bobolinks and a few Kingbirds along the Wildlife Dr. An immature Peregrine Falcon was perched near the Seneca Spillway - presumably the same bird first seen by Joe and Diana Whiting at Mays Point on Tuesday evening. Mays, Puddler, and Knox-Marsellus had fog late in the day. Visitor's Center: not many shorebirds but changes constantly Mays Point: plenty of shorebirds on the vegetation to the left and a few straight out; some dowitchers noted; plenty of peeps but viewing poor Puddler: viewing poor; lots of Caspian Terns and more dowitchers noted, but still very flooded and not a lot of shorebirds K-M: viewing poor, 1 or 2 Great Egrets For the last week or more, Great Egret numbers have been around 40-50 at Mays Pt plus a few at Benning Marsh and a few at K-M. Since Thursday evening's fog made viewing difficult, I may try a more complete look tonight at Mays. Dave Wheeler Oswego County NY -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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] FW: 67+/- Great Egrets roosting at Montezuma NWR
The following message is from Chip Weseloh: Wednesday evening, August 17, and early Thursday morning, August 18, Jane Graves and I counted Great Egrets and noted their roosting habits at May's Point Pool and Knox-Marsellus Marsh at Montezuma NWR. At sunset, or so, on Wednesday, 5 GREGs from Knox-M flew to May's Point and joined the roosting flock there, making a total of 53+/- GREGs at May's. The remaing 14 GREGs at Knox-M roosted there for the evening. On Thursday at first light, those numbers had not changed, i.e. there was no further shifting of numbers at the two roost sites after last light. On Thursday morning, just prior to sunrise, 12 GREGs from the May's Point roost flew off to and landed at Knox-M. The 14 egrets who had spent the night at Knox-M dispersed locally and continued to forage at Knox-M. Back at May's Point, the remaining egrets foraged locally at May's but two of them flew off to the SE in the direction of the Visitor's Centre. Based on observations of roosting areas of egrets in southern Ontario and western New York,, it is unusual to have two egret roosts, simultaneously active, as close together as May's and Knox-M. It is also unusual to have egrets from one feeding area (Knox-M.) go to two different roosting sites (May's and Knox-M) for their evening siesta. Water levels undoubtedly are a partial factor in determining roosting locations, as a month ago water levels were much lower in Knox-M and egrets did not roost there. Jane (to a larger extent) and I (to a lesser extent) will try to keep tabs on the roosting egrets over the coming weeks. If any local birders would like to assist in tracking numbers of roosting egrets, please email one of us at: chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca, or jgra...@skidmore.edu Cheers, Chip Weseloh Toronto, Ontario From: Jane Graves [mailto:jgra...@skidmore.edu] Sent: August 18, 2011 5:52 PM To: Weseloh,Chip [Ontario] Subject: RE: Photos of green wing-tagged GREGs Chip - I can post on GeneseeBirds. I'll send you my small report tomorrow morning. Jane -Original Message- From: Weseloh,Chip [Ontario] [mailto:chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca] Sent: Thu 8/18/2011 3:23 PM To: Jane Graves Subject: Photos of green wing-tagged GREGs Jane, Here are 2 different shots. Please credit Charles R. Smith. Great Egret 30R at West Perth Wetlands, Mitchell Ontario Great Egret 19H at Reesor Pond, Markham Ontario I also plan to do a small write-up tonight for you (?) to to post on Genesse Birds...can you do that? I don't know how to access them, though I get their posts. Thanks again for all your help.and for dinner...and I do most certainly owe you a drink in Arlington. Cheers., Chip D.V. Chip Weseloh, PhD. Senior Population Assessment Biologist Canadian Wildlife Service ON Environmental Stewardship Branch Environment Canada 4905 Dufferin St. Toronto (Ontario) M3H 5T4 chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca Telephone 416-739-5846 Facsimilie 416-739-5845 Government of Canada Website www.ec.gc.ca D.V. Chip Weseloh, PhD. Biologist Evaluation des populations Conservation des Populations Service canadien de la faune ON Direction générale de l'intendance environnementale Environnement Canada 4905 rue Dufferin Toronto (Ontario) M3H 5T4 chip.wese...@ec.gc.ca Téléphone 416-739-5846 Télécopieur 416-739-5845 Gouvernement du Canada Site Web www.ec.gc.ca -- 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] Fwd: Peregrine
Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com Begin forwarded message: From: Diana whiti...@roadrunner.com Date: August 19, 2011 5:37:03 PM EDT To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Hi, I might of spotted the flying Peregrine as it flew over my shoulder, but I surely would not have been sure of it's id without Dave's expert eye. Guess you have to call this a joint effort! Diana Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.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/ --
Re: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Ithaca Great Egret
Today (Friday 19 August) I checked out the Ithaca egret roost in the morning and in the evening. During a dawn lull in work I stopped by Treman Marina and saw the 2 GREAT EGRETS in their separate trees a few minutes after 6am as I had left them Thursday night. Unfortunately I got distracted and did not see when one of them flew off around 6:10am. That one had been more actively stretching. I was hoping to see where they went. The second, more lethargic, bird eventually stretched more, and at 6:23am it suddenly took flight to the north. When it got to the white lighthouse jetty it turned toward East Shore Park, flapping continuously and slowly gaining altitude. Then it circled several times for more altitude and continued east over the treetops of Cayuga Heights and out of sight at 6:29am. I wonder if it went all the way to George Road or Dryden Lake. This evening both Great Egrets were back. At one point they occupied the same perches in separate trees as the previous night, but this evening there was more interaction and one of them (presumably the second to fly this morning, considering its perch preference) moved back and forth, landing near the other, returning to its previous perch (perhaps told to leave), then eventually settling down near the other bird. So tonight when I left they were just a few feet apart in the same tree. Other birds included an adult BALD EAGLE flying north over the lake. This morning I also stopped by Stewart Park and saw a/the adult Bald Eagle perched on the snag opposite the boathouse. I was able to see leg bands, blue on its left leg and silver on its right. I know I photographed an eagle with these color bands years ago on ice at Stewart Park, and when I get access to those photos I will check whether they were on the same legs and whether it was the adult or the juvenile with the bands. Continuing from this evening, I counted at least 80 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS in the trees near the egrets. Two GREAT BLUE HERONS were also nearby. A GREEN HERON flew past over the inlet then turned east at the south edge of Jetty Woods. A GREAT HORNED OWL flew from around the north part of Jetty Woods westbound over the inlet and into the trees north of the marina. There were 13 CASPIAN TERNS discernible on the submerged red lighthouse breakwater from my vantage south of the marina boating entrance. There was also at least one BELTED KINGFISHER BARN SWALLOW, lots of MALLARDS RING-BILLED GULLS, a couple of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and a few CANADA GEESE.--Dave NutterOn Aug 18, 2011, at 06:55 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@me.com wrote:This evening (Thursday 18 August) the two Great Egrets were clearly identifiable with binoculars at 8:30pm in the same two trees as before.--Dave NutterOn Aug 13, 2011, at 07:48 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:This evening (13 August) I took a walk along Cayuga Inlet by Cass Park to Treman Marina. Although it was fairly dark by 9pm when I was opposite Jetty Woods, with binoculars I was able to discern what I believe were probably (the) 2 GREAT EGRETS roosting in separate trees.--Dave NutterOn Aug 06, 2011, at 06:35 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:Two GREAT EGRETS were roosting in the same spot on the edge of Jetty Woods next to Cayuga Inlet this evening, 6 August. Also seen on this evening's canoe-paddle all the way around the red lighthouse: 3 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 BELTED KINGFISHERS, 2 PURPLE MARTINS, 3 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 32 CASPIAN TERNS, 41 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 3 WOOD DUCKS, 6 COMMON MERGANSERS, 2 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 HERRING GULL, plenty of RING-BILLED GULLS, MALLARDS AND CANADA GEESE, one or more BARN SWALLOWS, 2 AMERICAN ROBINS, and 1 MOURNING DOVE. Also heard were 1 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and 2 SONG SPARROWS. We did not see any fireflies in our yard this evening On August 1 we only saw 1 firefly, but a few weeks ago it was spectacular. --Dave NutterIthaca, NYOn Aug 02, 2011, at 06:55 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote:The Great Egret is roosting in the same place this evening, 2 August. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, NY On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:56 PM, Dave Nutter nutter.d...@mac.com wrote: On this evening's (1 Aug) canoe-paddle on Cayuga Inlet Laurie and I saw a Great Egret atop a small tree on the edge of Jetty Woods. A Great Blue Heron stood on a log below, and 17 Double-crested Cormorants rested on dead trees or soared nearby. A Belted Kingfisher and a couple of Caspian Tern families flew past. When we got home an Eastern Screech-Owl was calling from the edge of our yard. --Dave Nutter Ithaca, NY -- 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 List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Larues
Thanks for the info. I had no idea. Best, Ann On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:48 PM, chuck gibson chuckgib...@verizon.netwrote: ** Hi Ann, the diging you saw is being done to provide more open water in the dry marsh. The soil that is being removed will be used to raise the Wildlife Drive. This soil can not be removed form the Refuge as it may contain nematodes and other undesierable things that might be invasive. - Original Message - *From:* Ann Mitchell annmitchel...@gmail.com *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu *Sent:* Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:09 PM *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] Larues Hi All, I was at Montezuma today, and noticed that the workers were rototilling at Larues. The ground was dry and, hopefully, will have some water soon. YES! I did not have a scope with me, so I had to rely on 10 power binos. At the Visitor Center around 2:30 P.M. there were both Yellow Legs, a Stilt and two Great Egrets. At the shorebird spot, nothing new. Both areas have a lot of vegetation. Anyone know what is going on at the back side of the wild life drive? There is fantastic dirt there that could be sold as a fund raiser. Good Birding, Ann -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/ !* -- -- 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/ --
