[cayugabirds-l] New Blog Post from Mexico
Hi all, Just helped give a very successful bird class to 20 kids in Yucatán. Blog post describing it here: www.ebarrientosyucatan.blogspot.com Looking forward to coming back to the US this week! Best, Evan B -- 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] some birds here and there
I did start little late in the morning. My goal was to go to native plant nursery to find some evergreen shrubs, but that ended up in birding/odonate/butterfly trip. I took route Triphammer road then headed to Myers via drake road. Here and near Vet School I had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at each location in the same area where I often see them. At Myers, two CASPIAN TERNS, one KILLDEER and one SPOTTED SANDPIPER. There were several BARN SWALLOWS "chikli-chickl -ing". Also, there were a few Tree Swallows among them as well. I went to Salt road and along the Salmon creek east of railway bridge in search of insects. Here I disturbed a flock of COMMON GRACKLES that were feeding in the creek, I bet they were taking some odonates too. A pair of KINGFISHERS and the grackles were alarmed by a cat which I disturbed it from its hiding position. At this point there were about 6 TURKEY VULTURES were circling the sky. Here I decided I will go the nursery via Salmon creek road. On rt 34 B, I saw a BROADWING circling and also a couple of REDTAILS were also in the sky. Salmon Creek road was comparatively quiet, except for a few INDIGO BUNTINGS singing, including two fledglings, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and an AMERICAN REDSTART. At the end of the road, I took Holden road to Brown Hill road and only sparrows I saw were a couple of SAVANNAH SPARROWS. As I was descending Brown Hill road to Gulf road, I heard twice an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER in the gulf below. I also heard a warbler once and could not for sure say what it was. May be a MAGNOLIA, but it sounded like young bird was practicing. Here in the woods I saw EASTERN WOODPEEWEE and a PHOBE. Along Salmon creek saw three GIANT SWALLOWTAILS, several Monarchs and duskywings. In the afternoon, I was out at Jennings Pond in Danby, here I heard an EASTERN TOWHEE, WOODPEEWEE, PHOEBBE and SWAMP SPARROW. Also there was a PILEATED drumming somewhere in the woods. Here I was in search of Vesper Bluets, I did get chance to see a female and photograph. Water is very low and there were not many odonates out there, but still the common ones were out there. Overal, it was quite a pleasant day! Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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] Green heron
There has been a green heron at my pond for at least the past several days. It has plenty of grasses and vegetation to hide in, and it seems to hide itself well from me even in the open, but now that I know it's been around, I'll keep binoculars handy and will be attentive to keep looking. Located on Pleasant Valley Rd. in Groton. Marla -- Marla L. Coppolino http://marlacoppolino.com Groton, New York -- 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] Tompkins County 22Jul2012
Hi all, Brad Walker and I did a little birding around Lansing this morning. We started at Myers Point, where five LEAST SANDPIPERS were the only shorebirds of note. Yesterday morning produced a few more Leasts but no other shorebirds. No sign of the female Red-breasted Merganser that has been hanging around there this week. CASPIAN TERNS are putting on a good show here, as usual, and PURPLE MARTINS are in good numbers (10+ most days). Yesterday I had a pair of martins over Drake Road in Lansing as well. We checked out Ford Hill after that, where I was somewhat surprised to still hear an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER singing lustily, with another nearby giving single-note calls. Hooded Warbler, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and a lingering Louisiana Waterthrush were also here. PINE WARBLER, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a family of Eastern Towhees were in the pine plantation/new development on the west side of Warren just north of Hillcrest Road, but the airport didn't produce more than a lot of meadowlarks flying around. After that we headed down to the Ellis Hollow area. We had a large number of Ring-billed Gulls at the compost, so this may be a worthwhile place to check for Laughing Gulls and other things in the coming months. Another LEAST SANDPIPER joined a Spotted in the compost ponds. Finally, we walked around the Durland Preserve for a while. Nothing exceptional, but the highlight for me was hearing *7* ALDER FLYCATCHERS singing at the same time from the observation platform over the marshy area. Pretty interesting they are still so vocal (and in such numbers!) considering it seems like a lot of them have stopped singing other places. A close soaring immature BROAD-WINGED HAWK was nice here too. We didn't go to Stewart Park today, but adult white-form SNOW GOOSE has been hanging out there for the last week or two. It is missing most of its flight feathers and its wings don't look in good shape either. I haven't seen much else of note here lately, though Caspian Tern and Double-crested Cormorant numbers are still impressive on the red lighthouse jetty, Finally, it is worth mentioning (although a week late now), that while looking for butterflies along Rock Cabin Road in Watkins Glen on July 14th, Livia and I saw two SANDHILL CRANES foraging in the marsh just south from where there is a nice viewing platform looking out over Queen Catherine Marsh. For those who don't know this area, this road runs from Watkins Glen to Montour Falls along the east side of Queen Catherine Marsh. It is fairly well-known as a good spot for butterflies, with lots of hackberry trees growing just upslope providing food sources for Hackberry Emperors, Tawny Emperors, and American Snouts, all quite scarce in this part of the country. It's quite dry this year and the traffic seemed worse than usual, so butterflies were harder to come by on the road itself (puddles along the road have been very good in the past for attracting a great variety of species), but we still saw a lot. It also provides a nice access point to various parts of the extensive marsh, and I have heard rails and bitterns from it before. The tower if fairly new I believe but give a great view of parts of the marsh, including some dryer areas that could be good for shorebirds. The cranes were close to the road in the marsh. I initially thought at least one of them might be a grown juvenile, but now I'm not sure they're not just both adults--maybe someone else can tell for sure. One was very ratty on the head, the other very red overall, including up through the head. Pictures here: First bird: https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092262504652002 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092309184362770 Second bird: https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092265717762082 https://picasaweb.google.com/37855303614931880/Summer2012#5768092322845148642 Good birding! -Jay -- 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] Happy hummer
This a.m. I had the sprayer turned on to water my tomatoes in the garden. After about 20 minutes, as I walked along the fence, I saw something fluttering on a plant. It was a female HUMMINGBIRD thoroughtly enjoying a bath. Since we've had so little rain the water must have been very welcome to a little creature that doesn't use the bird bath. In yrs. past when I've had the sprayer on in the back yard, the swallows would sit on my clothesline enjoying the unexpected "rain." I have a large, old garbage can lid that I use for a bird bath, sitting on a tire (perfect fit) atop a wooden spool up in the woods. It's amazing how many varieties of birds come there that don't come to the backyard bath. Amongst them are bluebird, robin, starling, red-winged blackbird, brown thrasher, mocking bird & catbird as well as h. & ch. sparrow & g. & h. finches. I suspect even a crow tries to use it when the lid is full because water is splashed over a wide area. Something leaves the water very muddy. Some mornings the lid is completely dry so I feel sure the deer have been there, saving them a trip to Mill pond or the lake. Even our cat stood tall yesterday afternoon as we were going for a walk & drank his fill. Two wks. ago when it was so hot, I saw a doe standing in the water of Mill pond, in the shade. Smart animal ... & she likes to get in my garden. Last night a deer bit off a couple green tomatoes & feasted on my beets & beans. GRR!! We see the ospreys still bringing food to the 2 youngsters on Center St. ext./Number One Rd. platform. Last evening I saw a green heron flying over. Haven't seen one since spring. Finches very quickly found the new niger feeder I put on the clothesline arm on Fri.. We're having fun watching the new barn swallow babies as they try to grasp & balance on the clothesline. Already we're seeing dozens of swallows sitting on power lines ... too soon. Several chimney swifts are using the tall dorm chimney for nesting &/or roosting. My best, & last treat last evening was seeing a bat swooping around the trees. Fritzie ... in Union Springs -- 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] Some recordings fro ADK thought you may enjoy
Hi all, Past week-end I was in ADK doing bioblitz, spent some time trying to record on Oregon plains road, which was noisy due to planes and cars nearby. But I got this nice mix of birds on Merrill Road, off of Oregon plains road. Young ravens begging was a bit scary. Also a Winter wren serenaded me for quite sometime with his lovely song. http://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/morning-chorus-in-adk-ny http://soundcloud.com/meena-haribal/eastern-winter-wren-and-blue Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.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/ --