Re: [cayugabirds-l] 2 COMMON TERNS on red lighthouse breakwater. --Dav...
One of the Common Terns was in breeding plumage, the other was not, but I don't know how old. It was not brown above (fresh juvenile) and I did not notice any pale barring on the gray (worn juvenile) but distance and lighting did not favor seeing that, and I did not notice any particular begging or juvenile-type behavior. It did have the prominent dark carpal bar, white forecrown and white breast of a non-breeding Common, contrasting nicely with the breeding plumage which was noticeably grayer below. Of course I wonder was this a parent offspring duo like the Caspians seem often to be, or would one of a mated pair molt sooner than the other, or was this just 2 random birds?--Dave NutterOn Aug 19, 2012, at 08:03 PM, 6072292...@vtext.com wrote:2 COMMON TERNS on red lighthouse breakwater. --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'>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: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Am. Goldfinch a.k.a. Salad-Bird
I have witnessed them eating swiss chard leaves from the garden over the past few years. Others have not believed me until they witnessed ithe behavior themselves. The goldfinches actually landed on the top of large swiss chard leaves and nibbled on small pieces of the leaves, leaving nickel-sized holes. Shannon Haskins Town of Caroline From: W. Larry Hymes To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Am. Goldfinch a.k.a. Salad-Bird Sara Jane and I recently discovered a most curious behavior of the Am. Goldfinch. For some time we had been noticing them feeding up in the leaves of our beet plants. When I inspected the plants, I noticed sections of the leaves were missing. I initially assumed that even though they primarily feed on seeds, they might be excavating leaf miners from the leaves, and while doing so coincidentally tore out sections of the leaves. But when we watched them through binoculars, we were astounded to see them clearly snipping off small bits of healthy, uninfested beet leaves and ingesting them. When I looked up Am. Goldfinch in the Audubon Encyclopedia of North American Birds, the mystery was solved. They will indeed feed on leaves of some plants, and in addition to the strange name of salad-bird, are also known by the peculiar names of beet-bird (eat seeds of beet plants - ours have no seed) and lettuce-bird. Had I not observed this behavior first-hand, I think I would have been extremely skeptical had someone tried to tell me that they feed on plant leaves! This is the first time we have ever seen goldfinches feeding on leaves. Has anyone else ever observed this behavior? Any thoughts as to what benefit they may be deriving from feeding on leaves. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@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 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] Am. Goldfinch a.k.a. Salad-Bird
Larry wrote: Any thoughts as to what benefit they may be deriving from feeding on leaves? Vitamin A, anthocyanins, roughage (fiber)... -- a Food Scientist's guess... Donna Scott - Original Message - From: W. Larry Hymes To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Am. Goldfinch a.k.a. Salad-Bird Sara Jane and I recently discovered a most curious behavior of the Am. Goldfinch. For some time we had been noticing them feeding up in the leaves of our beet plants. When I inspected the plants, I noticed sections of the leaves were missing. I initially assumed that even though they primarily feed on seeds, they might be excavating leaf miners from the leaves, and while doing so coincidentally tore out sections of the leaves. But when we watched them through binoculars, we were astounded to see them clearly snipping off small bits of healthy, uninfested beet leaves and ingesting them. When I looked up Am. Goldfinch in the Audubon Encyclopedia of North American Birds, the mystery was solved. They will indeed feed on leaves of some plants, and in addition to the strange name of salad-bird, are also known by the peculiar names of beet-bird (eat seeds of beet plants - ours have no seed) and lettuce-bird. Had I not observed this behavior first-hand, I think I would have been extremely skeptical had someone tried to tell me that they feed on plant leaves! This is the first time we have ever seen goldfinches feeding on leaves. Has anyone else ever observed this behavior? Any thoughts as to what benefit they may be deriving from feeding on leaves. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@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 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] Am. Goldfinch a.k.a. Salad-Bird
Sara Jane and I recently discovered a most curious behavior of the Am. Goldfinch. For some time we had been noticing them feeding up in the leaves of our beet plants. When I inspected the plants, I noticed sections of the leaves were missing. I initially assumed that even though they primarily feed on seeds, they might be excavating leaf miners from the leaves, and while doing so coincidentally tore out sections of the leaves. But when we watched them through binoculars, we were astounded to see them clearly snipping off small bits of healthy, uninfested beet leaves and ingesting them. When I looked up Am. Goldfinch in the Audubon Encyclopedia of North American Birds, the mystery was solved. They will indeed feed on leaves of some plants, and in addition to the strange name of salad-bird, are also known by the peculiar names of beet-bird (eat seeds of beet plants - ours have no seed) and lettuce-bird. Had I not observed this behavior first-hand, I think I would have been extremely skeptical had someone tried to tell me that they feed on plant leaves! This is the first time we have ever seen goldfinches feeding on leaves. Has anyone else ever observed this behavior? Any thoughts as to what benefit they may be deriving from feeding on leaves. Larry -- W. Larry Hymes 120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 (H) 607-277-0759, w...@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] Ruddy Turnstone at Knox-Marcellus, reported
Douglas Robinson has reported a Ruddy Turnstone at Knox-Marcellus Marsh, from Towpath Road, today. I don't have any more details, but wanted to pass it on. He saw both species of Phalaropes and Plover. No Buff-breasted found. Gary -- 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] Syracuse RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * August 20, 2012 * NYSY 0820 . 12 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s):August 13, 2012 - August 20, 2012 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled:August 20 AT 5:00 p.m. (EDT) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #316 -Monday August 20, 2012 Greetings! This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 13 , 2012 Highlights: --- GREAT EGRET BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE EURASIAN WIGEON MERLIN PEREGRINE FALCON BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER RED KNOT BAIRD’S SANDPIPER WESTERN SANDPIPER SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE SANDWICH TERN WHIP-POOR-WILL COMMON NIGHTHAWK OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 8/17: 14 species of Shorebirds were seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Highlights were BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Also seen were 9 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS. 8/18: New to Knox-Marsellus this day were 4AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. SANDHILL CRANES were also noted. At Carncross Road an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen. 8/19: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and WILSON’S PHALAROPE were the highlights at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Also found was an EURASIAN WIGEON and a WHIP-POOR-WILL which was heard from Towpath Road. Oneida County 8/14: 8 species of Shorebirds were seen at Delta Lake. A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was the best bird. Raptor patrol included BALD EAGLE, MERLIN, and PEREGRINE FALCON. Oswego County 8/15: At Sandy Pond 13 species of shorebirds were found highlighted by RED KNOT, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, and WESTERN SANDPIPER. Also the SANDWICH TERN is still present. 8/17: 11 species of shorebirds continue at Sandy Pond including the RED KNOT and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER. Also found was an early GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 8/18: A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen from Lillymarsh Road in the Town of New Haven. Onondaga County - 8/16: 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen west of Baldwinsville at Dead Creek near the Seneca River. 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen from Banner Road in Tully. 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen on the east side of Onondaga Lake. Jefferson County 8/19: 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were found at El Dorado State Park on Lake Ontario. -- Joseph Brin Region 5 Baldwinsville, N.Y. 13027 U.S.A. -- 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] Marcellus-Knox Marsh migrants
I spent a few hours along East Rd yesterday between 8 and 11 AM with results similar to Drew's and Gary's. No Buff-breasted Sandpiper or Red-necked Phalarope for me either, but I did see 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, a few WILSON'S SNIPE and an EURASIAN WIGEON, plus 1 seemingly early DUNLIN. There were also 20 or more Dowitchers, which I took for Short-billed. I experienced Drew's BOBOLINK movement as well, but I was on Rt 89 along the Seneca/Wayne County border watching some juvenile Horned Larks around 7:45. I didn't observe any other noticeable landbird migration yesterday, but I did have a WHIP-POOR-WILL make a few quick calls around 8:15 from somewhere in the woods behind me. This was while I was at the first cut out in the treeline along Towpath Rd. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 - Original Message - From: Gary Kohlenberg To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Marcellus-Knox Marsh migrants I spent time on East Road today, but later than Drew's report. Around noon I had 2 Black-bellied Plovers and 2 Wilson's Phalaropes but no Buff-breasted or A. Golden-Plovers. The second trip back in the late afternoon had me scanning with Dominic Sherony. We eventually found 6 A. Golden-Plover and 3 Black-bellied Plover. I missed seeing Red-necked Phalarope and Buff-breasted again, but did see a Eurasian Wigeon. The viewing is so distant and unpredictable that I wouldn't be surprised if the Buff-breasted is still there somewhere. Gary On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Drew Weber wrote: I spent a couple hours birding along Towpath Rd from 6-9:30am. Early on there was fog moving in and out, but I found a Red-necked Phalarope and 1 (and possibly a second) Wilson's Phalarope among the more numerous shorebird species. I was unable to refind the previously reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper or American Golden-Plovers from East Rd. There were a number of passerine migrants as well. Warblers included- American Redstart - 3 Cerulean Warbler - 3 (including one adult male) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 There was a good northward movement of Bobolinks, particularly in the first couple hours I was there. Full checklist link below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11396248 -- Drew Weber -- 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 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/ --
