[cayugabirds-l] Fw: Sh*t Birders Say
Birders, I am forwarding this funny link that birders will identify with. Don Timmons Newfield ---Original Message--- From: Robyn Graboski Date: 3/27/2012 11:22:40 AM To: scbir...@lists.psu.edu Subject: Sh*t Birders Say http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=NaX7i1Q7-Rw Too funny ** Robyn Graboski Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Centre Wildlife Care PO Box 572, Lemont, PA 16851 www.wildaboutanimals.org 814-692-0004 -- 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] Cayuga waterfront cleanup March 31
Once again the Cayuga Bird Club is participating in the cleanup at Stewart Park this coming Saturday from 10-12. We will be picking up litter in the Fuertes Sanctuary. Larry, Jessica and I will be at the little bridge leading into the woods at 10. We'd love to have company and help. Dress appropriately and bring gloves Let me know if you are interested, need more info etc. Thanks Linda Orkin Sent from my iPhone -- 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] Western Grebes, Cayuga
Two WESTERN GREBES are sleeping in the middle of the lake with a small raft of Aythyas viewed from Lake Road just south of Harris Park. Jay McGowan -- 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: Waterfront Cleanup - Saturday, March 31 - 10am to 12 noon
More detailed info and other sites you might prefer. Linda Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded Dear Waterfront Friends, As most of you know, the Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative is coordinating the annual Waterfront Cleanup on Saturday morning, March 31, from 10am to 12 noon. Many groups are participating in this event. Following are the places where cleanup up events will be occurring on that day. Please contact Rick Manning at rmann...@twcny.rr.com or 592-4647 if you would like to volunteer or have any questions. Or call the area cleanup leaders listed below. Feel free to just show up at the location of your choice. ·Chamber of Commerce – cut grasses at trail entry and trailhead, pick up litter at water edge and on the site. Meet at Chamber parking lot. Contact Jean McPheeters, TC Chamber – j...@tompkinschamber.org; 273-7080/ ·Stewart Park – Litter, cut grasses along trail near parking areas, sweep trail. Meet at Stewart Park Pavilion. Contact Scott Wiggins, Friends of Stewart Park – sc...@latourelle.com; 339-1675 ·Fuertes Bird Sanctuary and Lighthouse Woods – litter pickup. Meet at suspension pedestrian bridge at Fuertes. Linda Orkin, Cayuga Bird Club – wingmagi...@gmail.com; 279-4253. ·Newman Golf Course – litter pickup. Peggy Beach, Friends of Newman - 280-5782; mj...@cornell.edu ·Pier Road and Farmers Market Trail – litter pickup and sweep trail, trim shrub willows. Meet at Stewart Park Pavilion. Armin Heurich, Fall Creek-Northside Trail Bikers – aheur...@gmail.com; ·Cascadilla Creek - Dan Karig will lead a group to clean Cascadilla Creek from Market to route 13, including trail section from Dey/13 to the market. Dan Karig, Water Resources Council – d...@cornell.edu; 351-4672 ·West End and Inlet Island – litter pickup. Meet at Corks ‘n More. B J Bliss, Cayuga Lake Cruises - b...@cayugalakecruises.com; 256.0898 ·Cass Park – litter, sweep, cut back perennials and grasses in gardens along trail, trim trees. Meet at Trailhead near Rink Entry. Rick Manning, CWTI. rmann...@twcny.rr.com; 592-4647. ·Treman Marina –litter pickup. Meet at Dog Park in Treman. Leon Kochian, TCDOG - l...@cornell.edu. Waterfront Cleanups conducted earlier. ·Farmers Market - The Farmers Market conducted its cleanup last weeken ·Cornell and Ithaca College Crews – IC and Cornell did their clean up two weekends ago. Thanks. Rick Manning 592-4647 --- Rick Manning, ASLA 114 Dey Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-4647 rmann...@twcny.rr.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/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Bald Eagles at my house- WOW
I was doing a little yard work and I heard a VERY loud whsh. I looked and I saw an adult bald eagle chasing another adult across my yard into my neighbor's yard BELOW tree top level They must have been barely 20 feet off the ground. I was afraid they would crash into something. Then I look up and there were 4 more bald eagles rising into a thermal...eventually the two low flying eagles joined this kettle...so I had 6 bald eagles in a kettle for several minutes over my house. Eventually I lost them off to the northeast so they were migratory. There were 4 adults and 2 immatures. amazingwow! Dave Nicosia -- 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] Stewart Park Lesser Black-backed Gulls (5!); Bufflehead and Pine Warbler videos
I'd like to point out a misstatement in my post about second-cycle Slaty-backed Gull versus Lesser Black-backed Gulls. It was not Ontario that accepted a Lesser Black-backed Gull as a Slaty-backed Gull. My point was that some second-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gulls have been confused by some very good birders. When we see something interesting, it's great to get other people out there to see it. I spent two hours with a second-year bird one summer in Colorado that I was convinced was something great (Western or hybrid thing). After more careful observation and talking in through with several other observers, we all became convinced it was just a Lesser Black-backed Gull. All of us make mistakes and I suspect I've probably misidentified more birds than just about anyone on this list. On good days, I like to think I've learned a bit in the process. Chris Wood eBird Neotropical Birds Project Leader Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York http://ebird.org http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Christopher Wood chris.w...@cornell.eduwrote: After hearing about Ken and Jay's interesting gull I decided to meet Jessie at Stewart Park where we were eventually able to see what we are fairly confident is the same interesting gull (based on some photos that Ken sent me while I was there--THANK KEN!). The pattern of replacement in the wing coverts and tail appear identical to my eyes. We had the luxury of seeing this bird in direct comparison with an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and was able to get some video, which you can see at the link below. The side-by-side comparison has made me believe that this is a Lesser Black-backed Gull. https://vimeo.com/39164762 I'm reminded again how troublesome second and third-year Lesser Black-backed Gulls can be. They usually are bit paler mantled, and it seems as if they often appear a bit shorter-winged. I believe what was once the first or second record of Slaty-backed Gull for Ontario was in fact also a Lesser Black-backed Gull and accepted by the entire Ontario Records committee -- just to give an idea of how challenging these birds can be. I think part of this impression is due to the extensive black tip to the bill of second-year Lesser Black-backed Gull, which creates the impression that they are bigger-billed than they really are. Nevertheless, I think if you look at the video where it is interacting with an adult Lesser Black-backed it has an extremely similar structure. I hope this will clear up any confusion. You'll note some differences in aging as well. Aging second and third-year gulls is far more complicated than standard field guides have room to illustrate. Not, however, the extensive pattern of brown in the wings and the tail pattern are normal for a 2nd-year Lesser Black-backed Gull not a third year which I belive would have much more extensive slaty feathers in the wings. There were, in fact, 4 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 1 second-year bird at Stewart this evening! Pretty amazing. This makes 5 spankingly handsome breeding Lesser Black-backed Gulls (and a second-year) presumably all heading north over Cayuga Lake today and dropped by the weather (Tim had one farther north too -- not the wintering one). I wonder where they are going and why they appear to be taking this inland route. Perhaps there is a US breeding ground and perhaps it is father west than we have tended to assume. I also uploaded some video of courting Bufflehead. Courting ducks in general are among the most captivating birds there are and Bufflehead may well be in a league of their own. I took the video below up at Long Point yesterday. Do yourself a favor in the next week or two and head to the lake and find some Bufflehead. Instead of passing your scope over them to find Long-tailed Ducks, stop and watch them. Right now they are at there best! At the very least, check out the video. Then call in sick tomorrow and go find some Bufflehead! (NOT YOU TIM LENZ, we have work to do!!) https://vimeo.com/39138904 Finally, I also uploaded some video of Pine Warbler from Monkey Run. https://vimeo.com/39080251 If you explore elsewhere there are some videos of a Red-tailed Hawk eating a Common Loon, millions or Red-winged Blackbirds and some other stuff. Anyway, THANKS Ken for getting the word out about the gull. Certainly an interesting bird. I'm sure I would have been confused had a few adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls not dropped in. Good birding, Chris Wood PS - A couple other weekend highlights included a VERY EARLY singing male Yellow Palm Warbler at the odd locale of Mackenzie Childs Bluffs. I also saw and heard Red Crossbill (I believe type 1) along Station Road near the big pulloff above where you typically enter to go look for Worm-eating Warblers by walking the ridge line to Lindsay Parsons. -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics
[cayugabirds-l] crow with stick
We have 4 yard CROWS this year. Two days ago, one of them was noticed carrying a thick grass stem. Yesterday, the stem was replaced with a small stick from the walnut tree. Today, the small stick was replaced with a slightly larger one. In addition, another of the 4 was seen peeling strips of bark from a small branch of a basswood tree. The stick carrier, if it is the same bird each day, mostly walks about here and there on the lawn, as if not quite sure what to do with it. Is this possibly a yearling bird practicing, and do the yearling birds help the older adults with the actual nest building? S. S. Fast Brooktondale -- 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/ --
