[cayugabirds-l] ADMIN: Lyris eList Server

[Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes]

Good evening, everyone.

I wanted to let you all know that the Cornell Lyris Server for all eLists at 
Cornell University temporarily stalled early yesterday (Saturday) through late 
morning today (Sunday). After alerting the Cornell List Manager, he worked 
through Sunday morning to resolve the issue and get the server back online. You 
may notice a glut of messages that came through this afternoon but which were 
intended for delivery yesterday. The issue has tentatively been repaired but 
the List Manager is working with the vendor to produce a more permanent 
resolution to the bug in the system.

Apologies for the delays in message delivery!

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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[cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon Montezuma Sunday Jan 13, 2013

[david nicosia]

I was birding today at Lower Lake Road Seneca Falls, Cayuga Lake with Melissa 
Penta, Jon Weeks and my son, Mark  when the report came in about the GYRFALCON.
Since we were really close, we headed right up there. Thanks to all for the 
timely 
reporting! 

We first went to East Road and looked and looked and could not find the falcon. 
This was around 
200 pm or so. There were many TUNDRA SWANS and other typical waterfowl on the 
K-M Marsh ice,  
which was really cool. We saw Bob, Ann and group on Towpath Road so we went on 
Towpath. As 
expected, it was in really really bad condition and would not recommend people 
going on it unless
you have four wheel drive. 

After Bob, Ann and group left (maybe 10-20 minutes), we saw what was presumed 
to be a GYRFALCON 
from Towpath Road adjacent to the far end of Puddler's. The bird was flying low 
over the dike between
Puddler's and K-M Marsh which was fairly distant now for us. It was a bulky 
dark falcon as it clearly
had pointed wings as it was chasing some mallards. It would drop occasionally 
below the dike level
from where we were. We got good enough views to confirm it was a falcon and 
that it likely was not
a peregrine or Merlin. Then, after we had lost it for a minute or two, we saw a 
"raptor-like" bird in a 
tree at the edge of the woods adjacent to the north end of K-M marsh. But, we 
did not have good
enough looks from Towpath road as it was very distant. The more we looked at 
this bird the more 
it really looked like  a rough-legged hawk from that distance so we became 
unsure if we re-found it 
again. After some time here, we then went back to East Road. The bird was in a 
tree at the corner of
the woodlot to the north side of K-M Marsh and much closer than from Towpath 
and it indeed was 
a GYRFALCON. I am still not 100% sure that the bird we had at East Road was the 
same one
we saw in the tree from Towpath road.  In any event, persistence paid off and 
we got on the bird with
satisfying looks especially with the scope at 60X. 

I tried but only was able to get 1 poor digi-scoped image among several taken 
with my
scope at 20X. (I just cannot do digiscoping with 60X!)  

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/8379075344/in/photostream



Thanks again to all who reported it so quickly. 


Dave Nicosia 





 From: bob mcguire 
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:36 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon Details
 
Twelve of us on the Cayuga Bird Club field trip were at the Knox-Marcellus 
overlook around 1:30 watching some 800 Tundra Swans and 100 Mallards/Black 
Ducks on the ice. One of us (not sure who) drew our attention to several crows 
atop one of the taller trees at the east end of the woods on the left (north) 
end of the impoundment. Directly below the crows was a largish (noticably 
bigger than the crows) raptor partially hidden by branches. Through multiple 
scopes and over a half hour of  observation we were able to piece together a 
fairly full description, leaving us with the tentative ID of 1st year Gyr. We 
observed: grayish-brown back and wings, vertically streaked breast, 
light-colored head with a thin dark line extending from slightly in front of 
the eye to well behind it, finely barred tail, bluish bill, fluffy-covered, 
gray legs (one observer reported yellow feet). After about 30 minutes the bird 
took flight, headed straight for the group of ducks on
 the ice, flushing them all (the swans stayed put) and chasing one in looping 
circles until it escaped to the east over Puddler's. During the flight we 
observed pointed, dark-tipped wings, two-toned wings (coverts noticeably darker 
than the flight feathers). At that point we all concluded that it was, indeed, 
a Gryfalcon. The bird ended up in one of the smaller trees just past the K-M 
dike to the east. We subsequently checked from Towpath Rd and did not re-find 
it.

My thanks to all the participants for their patience (on an otherwise slow day) 
and great help with the Gyr. Here's hoping that it finds the food to its liking 
and stays in the area for a while.

Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon Details

[bob mcguire]

Twelve of us on the Cayuga Bird Club field trip were at the Knox- 
Marcellus overlook around 1:30 watching some 800 Tundra Swans and 100  
Mallards/Black Ducks on the ice. One of us (not sure who) drew our  
attention to several crows atop one of the taller trees at the east  
end of the woods on the left (north) end of the impoundment. Directly  
below the crows was a largish (noticably bigger than the crows) raptor  
partially hidden by branches. Through multiple scopes and over a half  
hour of  observation we were able to piece together a fairly full  
description, leaving us with the tentative ID of 1st year Gyr. We  
observed: grayish-brown back and wings, vertically streaked breast,  
light-colored head with a thin dark line extending from slightly in  
front of the eye to well behind it, finely barred tail, bluish bill,  
fluffy-covered, gray legs (one observer reported yellow feet). After  
about 30 minutes the bird took flight, headed straight for the group  
of ducks on the ice, flushing them all (the swans stayed put) and  
chasing one in looping circles until it escaped to the east over  
Puddler's. During the flight we observed pointed, dark-tipped wings,  
two-toned wings (coverts noticeably darker than the flight feathers).  
At that point we all concluded that it was, indeed, a Gryfalcon. The  
bird ended up in one of the smaller trees just past the K-M dike to  
the east. We subsequently checked from Towpath Rd and did not re-find  
it.


My thanks to all the participants for their patience (on an otherwise  
slow day) and great help with the Gyr. Here's hoping that it finds the  
food to its liking and stays in the area for a while.


Bob McGuire



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[cayugabirds-l] Even more Turkey Vultures

[Chris Pelkie]

The vortex of TURKEY VULTUREs was centered again on the stand of pines just 
east of Asbury Cemetery. At around 330pm (Sun), I walked the dog and just stood 
below marveling at the grace of these birds. I figured the size of the group 
today was so much bigger that it was hopeless to count them, but after watching 
them whirl and swirl in large and small eddies, at one point the whole group 
seemed to take on a distinct direction. So using a convenient straight maple in 
front of me as a 'meter', I was able to tally them as they crossed this visual 
line. Before they started circling back and messing up my count, I had 52.

This was naked eye, so i came back out with binocs but try as I might, I could 
not make any of them into a Black Vulture.

ChrisP



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[cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon

[Brad Walker]

The bird is currently perching atop a tree at the corner of the woodlot
straight out from the East Road lookout. It can also be seen very distantly
from the potato building.

Brad

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gyrfalcon Ride Request

[Jacob Drucker]

Hi All,

Anyone who is chasing the gyrfalcon from Ithaca, please give contact me ASAP. 
Thanks!

Good birding,
Jacob Drucker
917-647-3211

On Jan 13, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Jay McGowan wrote:

> Bob McGuire and ten others on the bird club field trip are watching what they 
> believe is likely a gray GYRFALCON perched in a tree along the north treeline 
> of Knox-Marsellus Marsh at Montezuma. They are working to get better looks to 
> confirm it.
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] delayed posts

[Chris Pelkie]

I discovered yesterday that probably due to the recent conversion by Cornell to 
a new Microsoft mail system that the listservs were hung.
I reported this to Chris T-H and he followed through and got it fixed.
Yes, several posts including mine on the shrike were made yesterday and only 
appeared today.

ChrisP


On Jan 13, 2013, at 12:53 , Joseph Brin wrote:

To clear matters up this sighting was on Saturday. This post was delayed for 
some reason.

Joe Brin




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[cayugabirds-l] Possible Gyrfalcon, Montezuma

[Jay McGowan]

Bob McGuire and ten others on the bird club field trip are watching what
they believe is likely a gray GYRFALCON perched in a tree along the north
treeline of Knox-Marsellus Marsh at Montezuma. They are working to get
better looks to confirm it.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire

[Joseph Brin]

To clear matters up this sighting was on Saturday. This post was delayed for 
some reason.

Joe Brin





 From: Joseph Brin 
To: Cayugabirds  
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 4:02 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire
 

The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen today at about 2:00 at the usual location by 
myself, my wife and three other lucky observers. 


Joseph Brin
Baldwinsville, N.Y.

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[cayugabirds-l] Lansing Center Trail, Sat 1/12

[Mark Chao]

Along the Lansing Center Trail on Saturday morning, I watched a light-morph
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK for a few minutes, until it was swept away in a northbound
tide of American Crows.  I also saw two NORTHERN HARRIERS rising and falling
together as if in play, high above a neighboring field.  I didn't find any
shrike here, nor on two passes along Cayuga Vista Road.  (I have seen a
Northern Mockingbird here on practically every one of my half-dozen visits
to this road, but never a shrike.)

 

Mark Chao

 


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[cayugabirds-l] Redheads

[Donna Scott]

2 groups , about 20 each, diving and swimming south in the area of 200 block of 
Lansing Station Road.
Donna
Sent from my iPhone
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[cayugabirds-l] Shrike still at Cayuga Vista

[Chris Pelkie]

I went over to Cayuga Vista Dr a couple days ago and stalked the shrike. After 
about 20 min, a bird with buffy breast and grayish back popped into view and I 
got excited until I saw the remarkably straight bill and wimpy black mask. Then 
another showed up flashing white wing bars and I had to accept my first two 
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDs of 2013. Sigh.

Waited for at least 30 more minutes and no shrike.

Today, I arrived around 11am and there was the NORTHERN SHRIKE big as life 
(actually big as a Life Bird which it was for me!), hooked bill and dark mask 
intact, sitting prominently on the high wire about halfway down the road 
between 34 and Woodsedge Dr (where Cayuga Vista turns 90deg.). It sat there 
long enough for me to park 100' short, grab the binocs and get a couple lousy 
photos. Then a couple of vehicles drove by and that made it fly to the tallest 
tree in the field right across from Hy-gear where it sat long enough for good 
scope view and a few photos (weak because it was now 100 yds from me). After a 
bit of preening, it flew down into the field and disappeared for 15 min. 
Eventually, I scanned back up to the Woodsedge corner and the shrike reappeared 
in the top of the scruffy apple tree there for a few more looks before 
disappearing down into the field again.

Thanks to all for the repeated sighting reports!

Also, the TURKEY VULTURE group has been roosting up near me, sometimes in the 
Asbury Cemetery pines and somewhat to the east, and at least one night in my 
and my neighbors trees. I counted 28 in the group twice, once while roosting 
and a couple days later in flight; I believe there are a few more than that 
because while I was counting the roosters, one flew to another pine and scared 
up yet another TUVU that had been hidden on the far side. Leucy (or is it 
Leuc?) was among the flying group but i couldn't tell if it was in the sleeping 
group with wings furled. In flight, they soar only 50' over my head while I 
stand in the backyard. I think they are really cool birds both sitting and 
flying so this is a great thrill.

ChrisP




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[cayugabirds-l] Townsend's Solitaire

[Joseph Brin]

The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen today at about 2:00 at the usual location by 
myself, my wife and three other lucky observers. 


Joseph Brin
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Evening Grosbeaks

[Geo Kloppel]

Yesterday I added a sunflower hopper out near the road. It took a day for birds 
to begin visiting it. But I've had no sight or sound of Evening Grosbeaks 
today, so for the moment, no joy...

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[cayugabirds-l] Lake Como Redpolls continue

[Gary Kohlenberg]

Hi all,

After a late start today I moseyed up to Summerhill to check the feeder 
activity. At Noon I made the rounds of Lake Como feeders and Hovel Chalet. 
Nothing unusual from my previous visits this January , no Hoary's or Grosbeaks, 
but low double digit Redpoll flocks still and the forest was socked in with 
fog. I went to lunch at the Meetinghouse Cafe and was going to head back when 
Jay contacted me. The " early bird gets the worm" is what they say. Jay had 
gotten the worm already, Hoary Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks, while I was 
dozing. I decided to make the rounds again hoping that the slack midday 
activity had picked up. 

The west lake feeder activity had increased. My count of 26 Redpolls 
jumped to at least 350. I think they were more in line with Jay's estimates, 
maybe 400. I couldn't find a Hoary with binoculars so I got the scope from the 
car and scanned the flocks when they picked up to the spruce trees. One HOARY 
REDPOLL jumped out at me, very easy to pick out once seen. As with all the 
flocks I've seen they never sat still long. As soon as I was to press the 
shutter for a picture they all picked up to fly in circles and try different, 
presumably more comfortable, branches. They may not have been as hungry late in 
the day so much of the time was spent in the evergreens before flying away to 
parts unknown. 

Over to E. Lake Road I had my high count of MORNING DOVES, 26, and one 
EVENING GROSBEAK at the feeder. I admit I was a little annoyed that I couldn't 
find any so I whistled until she flew in to see who was so bold, sat by the 
feeder calling for a minute, before flying southwest to somewhere. Thanks to 
Jay for the heads-up. 

Happy birding,

Gary



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[cayugabirds-l] Redheads

[Donna Scott]

about 45 REDHEADS diving and swimming south off Lansing Station  & Bill George 
Roads, about 1 PM today.

Donna Scott
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] duck hunting IN Stewart Park

[Marsha Kardon]

Does anyone know if the duck hunting behavior in Stewart Park that Kevin 
McGowan described is legal?



 From: Kevin J. McGowan 
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L  
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 8:50 AM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] duck hunting IN Stewart Park
 

 
I’ve stayed out of this discussion, but this morning four duck hunters were 
shooting ducks in Stewart Park, just off the tennis courts.  Although they 
might technically be legally “offshore”, they could have walked to the parking 
lot without getting their feet wet. And they barely got their feet wet to pick 
up their ducks; not even knee high water.  One could argue where the shoreline 
actually is when the lake level is down or the edge frozen.  For all intents 
and purposes they were IN the park.  
 
I’m pro hunting, but not in my city park!
 
Kevin


   
 
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[cayugabirds-l] 18 Evening Grosbeaks

[Geo Kloppel]

...perching in the treetops, looking at my feeders.

-Geo 

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[cayugabirds-l] Hoary Redpolls

[Jay McGowan]

Hi all,
I just saw a probable female HOARY REDPOLL in a group of about 220 Common
Redpolls that were working (and by working I mean flying over and
occasionally landing in trees for less than a minute at a time) the area
around the parking area of the new FLLT preserve on Irish Settlement Road,
south of Hammond Hill and north of the Park Preserve. This bird was paler
and fluffier than the birds it was with, with two thin streaks on the side,
ending before the flanks, a fluffy white rump, and apparently one thin
streak on the undertail. The flock was not cooperative and there could have
been other interesting birds. This may be the same group I had over the
Park Preserve half an hour ago.

This Hoary was very similar to a bird I had in a group of 350+ redpolls at
Fire Lane E on Lake Como Road yesterday morning. In addition to this
female, I had what appeared to be a male Hoary as well, perhaps the same
that Ann reported last week. Birds were flighty and difficult there too,
and there were some pale Commons as always, so be prepared for confusion
and frustration. Always fun to watch, though. A group of 20+ EVENING
GROSBEAKS was on East Lake Road here, but didn't stay long.

Jay

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[cayugabirds-l] Male N. Harrier

[Pete Marchetto]

At back of Game Farm, near Stevenson and Dodge.

-Pete

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