[cayugabirds-l] Western grebes, Harris Park
Hi all, The Western Grebe pair is currently off of Harris Park in the middle of the Aythya flock. They are doing several courtship rituals, including neck tossing and handing off vegetation. Brad Walker, Chris Wood and Tim Lenz -- 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] Dryden Surf Scoter, Genung Fox Sparrow, etc.
This morning, SFO Group 2 went first to Dryden Lake, where there was a surf scoter at decent scoping distance. Other highlights were fly-by osprey and great blue herons, many buffleheads, some lesser scaups, a pair of ring-necked ducks, and some ruddy ducks; red-bellied woodpecker and eastern phoebe(s); and the thumping of ruffed grouse (which Susan's group was lucky enough to see). Next stop was what's left of the George Road pond, which hosted a modest flock of green winged teal and not much else special. The muck leftover from the draining looked like it may be good for snipe or even shorebirds, but we were a little too chilly to do a careful scan. Finally we went to Genung Preserve in Etna, whose highlight was a fox sparrow perching nicely for a great view then singing its melodious whistle. Golden-crowned kinglets started appearing and gave good but fleeting views to many; white-throated sparrows sang broken songs and looked scraggly and difficult to ID save for a faint hint of yellow in the forehead; red-bellied woodpeckers danced about, while across the creek a purple finch sang incessantly. We also heard the thumpings of ruffed grouse, once seemingly quite close, though it never presented itself. What better way to spend a chilly morning with light drizzle! Suan -- 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] Dryden Surf Scoter, Genung Fox Sparrow, etc.
Oh, I forgot to mention the horned grebe at Dryden Lake hanging out very close to the platform, showing off its confusing transitional plumage. Suan On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Suan Hsi Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote: This morning, SFO Group 2 went first to Dryden Lake, where there was a surf scoter at decent scoping distance. Other highlights were fly-by osprey and great blue herons, many buffleheads, some lesser scaups, a pair of ring-necked ducks, and some ruddy ducks; red-bellied woodpecker and eastern phoebe(s); and the thumping of ruffed grouse (which Susan's group was lucky enough to see). Next stop was what's left of the George Road pond, which hosted a modest flock of green winged teal and not much else special. The muck leftover from the draining looked like it may be good for snipe or even shorebirds, but we were a little too chilly to do a careful scan. Finally we went to Genung Preserve in Etna, whose highlight was a fox sparrow perching nicely for a great view then singing its melodious whistle. Golden-crowned kinglets started appearing and gave good but fleeting views to many; white-throated sparrows sang broken songs and looked scraggly and difficult to ID save for a faint hint of yellow in the forehead; red-bellied woodpeckers danced about, while across the creek a purple finch sang incessantly. We also heard the thumpings of ruffed grouse, once seemingly quite close, though it never presented itself. What better way to spend a chilly morning with light drizzle! Suan -- 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] forsythia for birds
Nice images you evoke. I am glad your birds have such safe, bushy perches and you get so much enjoyment. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu wrote: Since this has been such a spectacular season for forsythia, I thought I'd mention that my bird feeding area is flanked on both sides by large forsythia bushes. In every season, the feeder birds find shelter there between feedings, and when danger threatens. Right now the bushes are beautiful AND full of birds, and my FOY Chipping Sparrow just popped out of one for a few minutes of pecking at the seed on the ground. One of my bushes is ancient and huge, and requires twice-a-year pruning (not to confine its shape, just its size), but the other is only a few years old, an off-shoot of the older one, and is a usual staging area for sparrows and juncos etc. on their way to the feeder. A cheap, simple landscaping plant! I recommend it. (Also, in cold winters, birds seem to eat the buds, and in those years, my forsythia blooms in October!) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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: 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] volunteer for a fun event at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Hi all, It's almost April and time to start lining up volunteers for our annual spring event—Migration Celebration. In the past, we've often had quite a few members of this list volunteer, especially to lead bird walks, so we look forward to hearing from some of you again this year! For those of you looking for something new and different to do, we are creating a new set of activities that I think will be lots of fun to help out with: the Migration Mobile Adventure. Visitors choose one of three migratory birds and then go to a series of stations, each one for making an item that relates to the natural history of that bird. By the end of the adventure they will have a home-made mobile featuring their bird. Please feel free to pass along this message to anyone you think might be interested in volunteering. I will send a separate event announcement soon for you all to pass on, too. Thanks, Anne VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for a fun-filled event celebrating spring! Migration Celebration at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 10am to 3pm on Saturday, May 12! Join our team of volunteers from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm to help with: * Guided bird walks * Our new Migration Mobile Adventure * Children’s games and activities * Interactive research exhibits * Overall event support Volunteers receive lunch and an appreciation packet. Be part of a fun community connecting people with nature and conservation work here at the Cornell Lab! To sign up, fill in this online formhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgT6Y7NP7ghudHFNQm5WWnd1ZnptNUZWM3ppeWhjOWc by April 20th. You can find more information on our website at www.birds.cornell.edu/birddayhttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdday. For questions, contact Anne Rosenberg (b...@cornell.edux-msg://225/b...@cornell.edu or 254-2109. Anne James Rosenberg Youth Education Coordinator Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. b...@cornell.edumailto:b...@cornell.edu 607/254-2109 birds.cornell.edu/education -- 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] Dryden Surf Scoter, Genung Fox Sparrow, etc.
3pm and Dryden Lake is as calm as glass. The Surf Scoter is still here as are 7 Ruddy Ducks, four of them males in full breeding plumage, and 20+ Bufflehead and one Osprey. Viewing conditions are ideal. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Suan Hsi Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote: This morning, SFO Group 2 went first to Dryden Lake, where there was a surf scoter at decent scoping distance. Other highlights were fly-by osprey and great blue herons, many buffleheads, some lesser scaups, a pair of ring-necked ducks, and some ruddy ducks; red-bellied woodpecker and eastern phoebe(s); and the thumping of ruffed grouse (which Susan's group was lucky enough to see). Next stop was what's left of the George Road pond, which hosted a modest flock of green winged teal and not much else special. The muck leftover from the draining looked like it may be good for snipe or even shorebirds, but we were a little too chilly to do a careful scan. Finally we went to Genung Preserve in Etna, whose highlight was a fox sparrow perching nicely for a great view then singing its melodious whistle. Golden-crowned kinglets started appearing and gave good but fleeting views to many; white-throated sparrows sang broken songs and looked scraggly and difficult to ID save for a faint hint of yellow in the forehead; red-bellied woodpeckers danced about, while across the creek a purple finch sang incessantly. We also heard the thumpings of ruffed grouse, once seemingly quite close, though it never presented itself. What better way to spend a chilly morning with light drizzle! Suan -- 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 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] forsythia for birds
Since this has been such a spectacular season for forsythia, I thought I'd mention that my bird feeding area is flanked on both sides by large forsythia bushes. In every season, the feeder birds find shelter there between feedings, and when danger threatens. Right now the bushes are beautiful AND full of birds, and my FOY Chipping Sparrow just popped out of one for a few minutes of pecking at the seed on the ground. One of my bushes is ancient and huge, and requires twice-a-year pruning (not to confine its shape, just its size), but the other is only a few years old, an off-shoot of the older one, and is a usual staging area for sparrows and juncos etc. on their way to the feeder. A cheap, simple landscaping plant! I recommend it. (Also, in cold winters, birds seem to eat the buds, and in those years, my forsythia blooms in October!) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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] forsythia for birds
And, the deer don't graze on the forsythia! Marsha Kardon - Original Message - From: Nancy W Dickinson n...@cornell.edu To: CAYUGABIRDS-L cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 5:52:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds Since this has been such a spectacular season for forsythia, I thought I'd mention that my bird feeding area is flanked on both sides by large forsythia bushes. In every season, the feeder birds find shelter there between feedings, and when danger threatens. Right now the bushes are beautiful AND full of birds, and my FOY Chipping Sparrow just popped out of one for a few minutes of pecking at the seed on the ground. One of my bushes is ancient and huge, and requires twice-a-year pruning (not to confine its shape, just its size), but the other is only a few years old, an off-shoot of the older one, and is a usual staging area for sparrows and juncos etc. on their way to the feeder. A cheap, simple landscaping plant! I recommend it. (Also, in cold winters, birds seem to eat the buds, and in those years, my forsythia blooms in October!) Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg -- 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: 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] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Chipping Sparrow
There may have been a wave of Chipping Sparrows arriving on 30 March, but I think the other March reports were also new arrivals, not overwintering birds. Those eBirders are observant and diligent, particularly Tom Schulenberg, who I suspect eBirds every bird he finds daily at his home and on his walk to the Lab, and he suddenly made a series of 5 single bird eBird reports in those locations starting on 25 March. There were no overwintering Chipping Sparrows eBirded or reported to Cayugabirds-L. I checked out an earlier report at a Cayuga Bird Club meeting and am convinced by meeting the birder at the feeder with the birds in question that it was a beginner misidentifying American Tree Sparrows.I looked at Matt Medler's spring arrival chart 2000-2009, which is also on the Cayuga Bird Club website here:http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-recordsand found that for Chipping Sparrow the median is 4 April, the mean is 3 April, and the standard deviation is 3 days. In other words Chipping Sparrows are pretty consistent when they arrive, and even 30 March is surprisingly early. Five or ten days before that is a big surprise. Why did the eBirders not get excited enough to post to Cayugabirds-L? Maybe because the early arrival, while noted by some of them on eBird, was little surprise in the context of the ridiculously warm weather and south winds we'd been having, and Chipping Sparrows would be plentiful anyway in another few days. If these diligent eBirders also posted their every new discovery they might be overwhelmed.By the way, I am not criticizing either group, I'm just intrigued by an apparent difference in observation /or reporting. I am grateful to people who do either or both form of reporting. I see great value in eBird, and use other people's data far more than I enter my own. If I can train myself to consciously start and stop birding, noting the time at individual locations, and become comfortable with numerical estimates, I can become a good eBirder.--Dave NutterOn Mar 30, 2012, at 08:32 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: So the real question is, why did people first decide to report to severallistservs on one day, but quietly report toeBird for a couple weeks? Dave, My guess is that when lot of people from different list serve report on one particular day, that day a big wave of birds arrived, so many people record them. When individual birds are seen, they are either overwintering birds or may be smallcontingent of themmay come atearlier dates but do not get noticed so easily and do not get reported. As for reporting to e-bird list or tolistserve or to both, which many doare individualreporters choices. Meena MeenaHaribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: bounce-43804163-3493...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-43804163-3493...@listcornell.edu] on behalf of Dave Nutter [nutter.d...@me.com] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 7:55 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] FW: [GeneseeBirds-L] Chipping Sparrow I thought Lisa Wood's Chipping Sparrow might have been a first arrival, but I try to remember to check eBird records before I revise the list of first arrivals to the Cayuga Lake Basin which is on the Cayuga Bird Club website here: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records Anyway, eBird surprised me. The earliest local report was one heard by Jane Graves on Warren Rd on 20 March, and Tom Schulenberg had one at his place on Hanshaw Rd by the 25th. Outside the basin, Dave Spier had one northwest of us in Clifton Springs on the 21st, and southwest of us in Horseheads Mike Powers had one on the 15th and Jan Murphey had one on the 11th! So the real question is, why did people first decide to report to several listservs on one day, but quietly report to eBird for a couple weeks? --Dave Nutter On Mar 30, 2012, at 06:56 PM, Meena Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote: So looks like Chipping sparrows have reached ourlatitude on same day! In last several years, I have found that first arrival of same species are reportedon same day to Cayugabirds,Geneseebirds andOniedabirds often. It is really interesting to see that they move approximately same distances north. What causes them to stop and not go further anymore? Meena MeenaHaribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ From: geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu [geneseebirds-l-boun...@geneseo.edu] on behalf of Michael and Joann Tetlow [mjtet...@frontiernet.net] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:38 PM To: geneseebird...@geneseo.edu Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Chipping Sparrow A Chipping Sparrow just arrived at our yard feeder in Fairport. Our previous earliest was April 7th last year. In the past we would normally expect one around the 10th. Mike and Joann Tetlow -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives:
